Dir: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy
This was my most anticipated film of 2011 and its cast includes most of the creme de la creme of British actors at the moment, so why not nearer the top of my list? I do feel it was a very well done piece of work and the acting was superb but I also feel the other films on my list just caught my imagination more, I think as well the fact I did have really high expectations for it was also a detriment. The story centers on their being a mole in MI6 (or at the top of the circus if you want). George Smiley (Gary Oldman) has retired from MI6 (not of his own will) but tries to hunt the mole out with the help of Peter Guillam (Benedict Cumberbatch) and a snitch, Ricky Tar (Tom Hardy), they narrow it down to four suspects, their code names: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
I have yet to read the book or see the original adaptation of this but they are on my list of things to do. I loved the music they used in the trailer for this, it does really set the tone. I also found it quite funny that I still knew the library scene off by heart after first seeing it at Movie Con months before watching it in the cinema, and the way they did the wide shot of the floors in that scene were awesome.
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