Movie

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

2011 · 127 min

A slow, intricate puzzle that demands close attention, rewarding patience with quiet tension and a lingering sense of melancholy.

Tagline: How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?
Overview: George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Betrayal, conspiracy, isolation, loyalty
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
conspiracy
isolation
loyalty
obsession
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild