Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

2-word review: Dreadfully droll

The film takes place in the early 1970s as a British spy vs. spy drama.  The main head spy, Control (John Hurt), suspects a mole in his midst of 5 high level spies, and spy Smiley (Gary Oldman) is dismissed.  Later, Smiley gets brought back in some oversight capacity to find the mole.  Hilarity ensues.

And yes, I figured out the mole within 5 minutes of the film.

This film could have almost been given the "The Artist" treatment and done in the silent film genre because the director does rely a lot on visual information, and the script's dialogue doesn't quite given enough details or information on the prime mole suspects to generate any genuine investment in this spy hunt.

The trailers are far more entertaining than the actual film.

I give it 2.5 stars, or a grade of C+.