Review of Bridge of Spies (2015) by Nedryerson1 — 13 Feb 2016
Bridge of Spies is another Spielberg’s failed attempt to sneak back in big cinema, a category that this director abandoned a long time ago. Here the scenario is one more time the war, and The Cold War in order to make people believe that is an original theme on his filmography.
The protagonist is again a suffered hero, with incredible virtues, like Schindler, standing all by himself against a conflict of catastrophic proportions. Seems well until now, but this film turn itself into the new reference for slowness, there are no major scenes, the storytelling doesn’t exist and the viewer gets lost several times.
Definitely Tom Hanks puts all pieces together, a really convincing performance, without him all the movie falls into the abysm. The Coen Brothers in the script were a big disappointment, their classic irony and mystery is absent.
Spielberg did something right this time, getting rid of cheap sentimentalism and that is something to be grateful for; although there is still too much to work on. I still have faith on him.
This review of Bridge of Spies (2015) was written by Nedryerson1 on 13 Feb 2016.
Bridge of Spies has generally received very positive reviews.
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