Review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) by Insomniacker — 12 Dec 2011
How can you compress a fascinating five hour story--I'm referring to the original BBC adaptation--into two plus hours and come up with a film that feels turgid? It may not be fair to compare this version to the superior BBC mini-series, but they seem to have gone out of their way to take the urgency out of their mole hunt.
By only allowing us to see the mole candidates in brief cameos, we never feel grounded in the search. And that makes the ultimate revelation a "so-what." It became an elegantly photographed film comprised of a bunch of obtusely connected sequences with little to hold it together.
As a Le Carre fan, I looked forward to seeing this, and I'm not saying it's terrible' but I went home feeling disappointed.
This review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) was written by Insomniacker on 12 Dec 2011.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has generally received positive reviews.
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