Review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) by Connor B — 04 Sep 2012

First of all I'll start on a positive not and that is the performance of Gary Oldman is yet again outstanding, Oldman has to go down as one of the most underrated actors in the history of film and the fact that he is only now receiving his first Oscar nomination backs this point up because in my eyes I have never seen him give a bad performance or even a bad scene. Now to the negatives Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a mystery film that captures you and makes you believe that exciting things are going to occur throughout but they do not and while the movie is still interesting to watch it is mainly due to Oldman and the talented cast as the movie becomes a little boring to watch and one main complaint I have is that Tom Hardy was drastically underused an actor have talent should not have had such a small role.

Featuring other stars such as Colin Firth, Tom Hardy and Mark Strong Tinker had all the makings of an excellent film but unfortunately it is below the standard set by the cast and is easily forgettable, the plot centers on Smiley(Oldman) as he returns from retirement in order to find a spy who has double crossed the MI-6 and while the film is as complex as 3000 piece puzzle and becomes interesting for the viewer to find out who the mystery man is it just drags out and becomes to much of a wait and there is little or no action to conquer the boredom although it is still interesting for some unknown reason. The film was based on the television series of the same name and I truly believe it could have been left as a TV series as it works much better that way but at least we got a terrific performance from the ever present and wonderful Gary Oldman out of the film.