The Tailor of Panama
In a place this treacherous, what a good spy needs is a spy of his own.
In a place this treacherous, what a good spy needs is a spy of his own.
Drama, Thriller
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2001
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A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
109 min
Release date:
30 Mar 2001
Country:
IE, US
Languages:
English, Spanish
Budget:
$21,000,000
Revenue:
$28,008,462
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A wise, vivid, thoughtfully textured film.
– Susan Stark,
Detroit News,
20 Apr 2001
fresh:
A literate and entertaining comic thriller.
– Eric Harrison,
Houston Chronicle,
20 Apr 2001
fresh:
Boorman has crafted a witty, classy and richly enjoyable morality play, which skewers the mercenary self-interest behind Anglo-American imperialism almost as an afterthought.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
If you think the spy-thriller genre has been streamlined and spoofed and subverted until nothing new can be done to it, think again.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
26 Sep 2002
fresh:
Seems diligently assembled.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
2 May 2001