Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a film that has been eagerly awaited for a while now, not least for its impressive cast. It is also monumental proof that a large budget film can be made with out the need for hollywood. Away from those bright lights something immense has been made.
The film follows Smiley, a spy who is retired after a nasty incident in Hungary. However when fears of a Russian mole at the very top of the service he used to be in he gets called back into action. Spying on the spys he used to go to christmas parties with Smiley must think back to all that he used to know and combine it with new information to discover who the traitor is. The plot is long and winding, it slips back and forth between the current mess and all those memories of the past that Smiley links with the case. Unfortunately to say much more of the plot woul be to spoil watching as there are many twists and red herrings.
This film is indepth and complicated and in that is it's greatest acclimation and it's worst criticism. Though I have to admit I love any film that really makes me think it must also be admitted that this film seems longer than it is and at times goes beyond complicated and into confusing. Several points in the plot are left to our decision as to the reasoning behind them or their significance, nothing major obviously. What really helps hold up the intricate twists and turns of this fantastic spy thriller is the acting, Gary Oldman leads a star cast that at no point diappoints. I peg this film to sweep up many an award, and more importantly deserves them. A fantastic film that I encourage all to go see, probably with mysef as I will undoubtedly see it again a couple of times before it leaves the cinemas.
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