In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 35 wins & 94 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
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It's a well-crafted film that wears its old-fashionedness with pride.
– Calvin Wilson,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
23 Dec 2011
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"Tinker" radically -- superlatively -- condenses John Le Carre's classic novel, which could scarcely be bounded by seven hourlong episodes in the 1979 BBC adaptation.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
26 Dec 2011
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Ultimately, though, it is very much Oldman's film, thanks to a restrained tour de force performance. Smiley is weathered, worn and beaten down by life, but he's also a quiet, sure force of something that resembles good.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
6 Jan 2012
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A deliberate, cerebral, grim and utterly absorbing film that makes covert operations appear as unsexy as the Bourne films made them seem fast-paced and thrilling.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan 2012
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The movie is riveting in the exact sense of the word: We feel nailed to the screen in the impossible task of working out what is going on-let alone why it matters.