Review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) by Dave89791 — 18 Dec 2011

I finally registered for an account to leave this review - I think that says something.

I consider myself and my significant other to be relatively intelligent, we read the new yorker regularly, been published in the new york times, graduated in the top 2% of my class...

--> This movie is borderline incomprehensible to those who have not read the book.

I appreciate the quality of the direction, production, etc. but my general view is that movies which are both based on an involved book and try to compress the story into 2 hours tend to come across as unintelligible to those who have not read the book. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is another example (I've never met anyone who hasn't read the book and enjoyed the film except for those individuals who were there solely to enjoy the CGI and would never have the patience to a read a book >200 pages).