Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The acting and cinematography really shine in what is a smart espionage film that highlights just how lonely and paranoid of a job a spy really is, very little of your Bond-esque glamour to this lifestyle. The story is filled with twists and turns, as well as frequent shifts in time help to keep you guessing until the very end.

I really wanted to like this film more than I did. The actors are among my favorites, the story has always gripped me.

This must be the real world of espionage. Not the car chases and excitement of James Bond, but men who sit and smoke and drink and discuss.

I cannot fault you for not liking Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It demands that you keep up with it wholeheartedly with 100% undivided attention.

John Le Carre is without doubt one of the literary greats of the late 20th Century . A master of complex story telling his novels are often composed of characters standing around discussing complicated geo-political situations and the human condition .

'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' was a film that I really wanted to like but I just didn't get it.It was just boring, nothing was happening.

I was in Venice last week so saw this film before its general release. I've been inspired to write the review because of the sheer volume of PR the producers are throwing at this movie ahead of its UK release, making out that it the greatest thing since Citizen Cane and a sure-fire Oscar winner.

Well if it looks like a turkey, walks like a turkey and gobbles like a turkey, then just like this film, it is a turkey. I wanted to enjoy this film and was very much looking forward to seeing it.

It's obviously not easy to boil such a complex story down to movie length. Clearly there was no option but to go for a total re-write.