Customer Ratings & Reviews

Such a great story. The nuance of detail delivered by the actors in every scene had me watching it more than once to catch things i missed the first time around. This has becomenone of my favs.

Hard to argue against a film with this cast that's also so carefully crafted and paced.

a great british spy film by a great swedish director

Saw some reviews that said pace of movie slow. I had no problem with that. If looking for action shoot em up spy movie probably not for you. If you enjoy a movie that keeps you in suspense as to who the double agent is you will probably enjoy this movie.

Another great job from Kino Lorber. Really like this movie, has a very good cast and the acting is excellent

This film is excellent. Its 4k disc is also great. Highly recommend it if you appreciate film and espionage.

George Smiley is back in this modern re-telling of the John Le Carre film adaptation in 4K

must get. suspenseful and superb acting from all of the main star casts

This Is a Must have !!!!! A pleasant entry to my collection !!!

This movie is espionage joy at its finest Gary Oldman shines

The quality of this set is unbelievable and highly recommended!!

This John Le Carre title is a good one, been waiting for this as a movie.

Great movie. I enjoy very much watching this movie.

Pay attention. This is a timeless espionage story for every generation.

This was a suspenseful thriller and the actors were all at their best

Great characters, exciting action, and a very tight, well-drawn story.

This movie has some points where it moves along well. Overall the pace of the movie is a bit slow and takes a lot of energy to follow. Definitely pause the movie if you have to get up for something.

This is a quiet excellent thinking person’s film that follows the original BBC Sir Alec Guinness series from start to finish in just two hours - superbly, with its deep interlaced plot of 1970’s MI-6 spy vs mole who is deep, highly placed and has caused a lot of damage to the circus [England’s equivalent to our CIA]. If you’re looking for a bang-bang, car chasing, karate type film, this isn’t it, it’s just the opposite - and that’s what makes it - outstanding.

Subtlety can be a tricky thing. In the hands of a craftsman like Elia Kazan, it can be the pathway to a masterpiece. But in the new adaptation of John le Carre's espionage novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, director Tomas Alfredson banks on the trait so heavily that the rather simple narrative at the film's core is quickly lost in a convoluted mess of long pauses, meaningful glances, and generally frustrating storytelling. It should be noted that this approach works wonders during the film's opening ten minutes or so. The early sequence of a potentially volatile meeting between two edgy gentlemen looking very intense and covert unfolds with palpable tension and remarkable attention to detail, playing out almost like a description-for-description visualization of a novel. However, this alluring scene - followed by a silently character-developing credits sequence - is as far as the thrill goes. Things unravel quickly as characters, subplots, and flashbacks are introduced and subsequently passed over in a whirlwind of information that, upon closer examination, really isn't all that complex. It's just that Alfredson wants us to believe that it is. This decidedly impenetrable structure is the film's ultimate undoing, as it creates an uninterested distance in the audience and renders the proceedings dreadfully dull and boring. In the end, Alfredson favors intricacy over forward momentum and forced style over character development. When the identity of the mole in MI6 is finally revealed, all one can muster is a disinterested shrug, as one can hardly tell the difference between any of the suspects in the first place.

Great story, lots of twists and turns, excellent performances...everything you ask for in a high quality movie.