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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  • 7.0 /10

  • 2602

  • 84%

Plot

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.

Cast

Gary Oldman as George Smiley
Gary Oldman

as George Smiley

Colin Firth as Bill Haydon
Colin Firth

as Bill Haydon

Tom Hardy as Ricki Tarr
Tom Hardy

as Ricki Tarr

John Hurt as Control
John Hurt

as Control

Toby Jones as Percy Alleline
Toby Jones

as Percy Alleline

Mark Strong as Jim Prideaux
Mark Strong

as Jim Prideaux

Benedict Cumberbatch as Peter Guillam
Benedict Cumberbatch

as Peter Guillam

Ciarán Hinds as Roy Bland
Ciarán Hinds

as Roy Bland

David Dencik as Toby Esterhase
David Dencik

as Toby Esterhase

Kathy Burke as Connie Sachs
Kathy Burke

as Connie Sachs

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • September 16, 2011

Production Companies

  • StudioCanal

  • Working Title Films

  • Karla Films

  • Paradis Films

  • Kinowelt Filmproduktion

Production Countries

  • France

  • Germany

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Français

  • Magyar

  • Pусский

  • Türkçe

Budget

  • $30,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $80,600,000.00

Runtime

  • 2.12 hrs

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Reviews

The russians have placed a mole within the Circus (who is the british intelligence service, by the way). George Smiley (Gary Oldman), having been fired from the Circus, has now been rehired (secretly) to find the mole. He assembles his small team and begins to look into the matters. The possibilities are plenty, Percy (Toby Jones), Esterhase (David Dencik), Roy Bland (Ciaran Hinds) and Bill Haydo…

Great cast, nice cinematography and a fascinating plot. 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is very much a slow burn but it's worth it at the end, even if I wouldn't describe the premise as unpredictable - it isn't predictable per se, I just can't say I was majorly surprised at what occurs that's all. It's not as complicated as the film suggests I feel, that's not a criticism but I'm just …

**Despite a great cast and good script material, the film is tiring, stagnant, a bit gray and boring to watch.** This film is a remake of an older film from 1973 (I haven't seen it yet, but I intend to), both of which are film adaptations of a spy novel that was written by John Le Carrée. Being the original story known for its quality and this film being an elaborate super production and with …