- Studio: Focus Features
- Release Date: Dec 9, 2011
- Summary:
- Director: Tomas Alfredson
- Genre(s): Thriller
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 40 out of 42
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Mixed: 2 out of 42
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Negative: 0 out of 42
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100This superb remake has the inevitable look of a period piece, a smoke-filled rendering of things past. However, thanks to Tomas Alfredson's direction, a taut screenplay, and a uniformly brilliant cast, the film also retains its contemporary relevance.
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100Screenwriters Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan have clarified a few things that needed clarifying, camouflaged a few things that needed camouflaging - and gently tugged some passive flashbacks into the active present. It's a cagey adaptation.
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80It's just as accurately described as a bunch of British guys sitting around acting. But what actors! The cast includes Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Mark Strong,Ciarán Hinds and Toby Jones.
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60Like the earlier film, this one has an airless quality, much of the action taking place in the hushed and colorless offices of "the Circus." But whereas the dank tone of "Let the Right One In" served to heighten the moments of poignance and shrieking horror, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins to seem phlegmatic after a while.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 65 out of 113
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Mixed: 11 out of 113
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Negative: 37 out of 113
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