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Tailor of Panama, The
Columbia Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for strong sexuality, language and some violence
Starring
Pierce Brosnan,
Geoffrey Rush,
Leonor Varela,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Brendan Gleeson,
Harold Pinter,
David Hayman,
and
Catherine McCormack
Ruthless, seductive British spy Andy Osnard (Brosnan) may have been banished to Panama, but he's got a secret weapon -- Harry Pendel (Rush), a Cockney ex-con who has reinvented himself as a popular tailor to the rich and powerful of the country. Harry is famous for his storytelling as well as his suits, but this time Harry's yarn will give the arrogant Osnard his comeuppance. (Sony Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
John Boorman
Andrew Davies
John Le Carré (also novel)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
John Boorman
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 11, 2001
Video: September 11, 2001
Theatrical: March 30, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
109 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA / Ireland |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Energetic and inventive, it's a satirical, smart, grown-up thriller.

88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A real movie, rich and atmospheric, savoring its disreputable characters and their human weaknesses.

88
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Brosnan turns his typical talent on its head. So does director Boorman, who forsakes his usual tingling virtuosity.

88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Like a Bach toccata or a frosty drink on a sunlit veranda, a first-class movie spy thriller can offer one of life's cooler, more elegant treats. The Tailor of Panama fits that category.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
In a world full of off the rack thrillers, it's fine boutique quality.

80
Variety
David Stratton
Classy, articulate and richly humorous.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Benefits from delicious acting from co-stars Geoffrey Rush and Pierce Brosnan, a mordant script co-written by le Carre (along with Boorman and Andrew Davies), and the distinctive touch of its director.

80
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
The film starts out as a freewheeling farce and turns into a pitch-black burlesque with surprising depths of feeling.

80
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
The first really good spy movie about the impossibility, under present historical circumstances, of making a really good spy movie.

80
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
A cut above last season's best studio offerings. The performances are well turned out. The morality is stylishly gray. The attitude is almost fashionable.

80
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
A sophisticated, subtle adult entertainment that is also a compliment to the audience.

79
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
A fast, funny film that goes down like a cyanide-spiked piña colada.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's a humorous film, to be sure, but there's also a stringent vein of giddy realism to it.

75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Overall, it's a hand-tailored job in a marketplace filled with off-the-rack movies.
75
USA Today
Mike Clark
Brosnan and Rush are a smooth fit, playing off each other like a snappy shirt and tie.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Many spy capers lose their intended irony and wry black humor, but The Tailor of Panama stays stylishly on target in ways that would put a heat-seeking missile to shame.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
Forget the end and there is much to enjoy here.
70
Slate
David Edelstein
I fear that the cozy domestic ending will leave audiences disappointed, convinced that they've seen something smaller and less momentous than they have.

70
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
A cut above the preposterous action spectacles that now pass for espionage films.

70
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The show belongs to Geoffrey Rush in a note-perfect performance as Harry Pendel, the tailor.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Despite a dissatisfying conclusion, a sense that things don't completely jell, The Tailor of Panama is lively and provocative.

63
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
If The Tailor of Panama doesn't quite gel, the attempt is still worth savoring.
60
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
An Austin Powers movie for grown-ups.

60
Film.com
David D'Arcy
If anything saves this movie, it's the acting.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Strains too hard to seem smart and savvy.

50
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The rhythms excite expectations that go unanswered.

50
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The script gets so silly, the Monty Python troupe would reject it.

40
Time
Richard Schickel
The film finally collapses under the burden of implausibility.

40
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
The movie is crudely jokey and, finally, a wimpy betrayal of its source.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Anyone expecting a flashy Bond-style fantasy is going to be disappointed.

20
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Only Le Carre fans with tin ears and clouded eyes will fail to note the film's sour tone, crude performances and drab look.

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