Review of The Little Drummer Girl (1984) by Carlos M — 13 Nov 2010

A young girl's initiation into the dark world of the Mossad.

This review of The Little Drummer Girl (1984) was written by Carlos M on 13 Nov 2010.

The Little Drummer Girl has generally received mixed reviews.

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Little Drummer Girl is the most trenchant, chilling vision of the psychological fallout of spying since Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation…

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Crammed into 130 minutes of screen time, Le Carre's story loses much of its motivation, and although there is plenty of action and suspense,…

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