Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan adapted John Le Carré's novel (he's an exec producer), but the result is rather slow in contrast to The Night Manager, though there's lots to admire. Gary Oldman is in very restrained mode, the lights always reflecting in his glasses. Great cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, Kathy Burke, Stephen Graham, Simon McBurney, Roger Lloyd Pack, Philip Martin Brown.
Well done - music Alberto Iglesias, camera Hoyte van Hoytema, editor Dino Jonsäter. Lots of lateral tracking shots. moody lighting.
I'm normally a fan of jumbled up time, it often provides a richer experience. In this film though I wonder if a chronological approach might have worked better (film is slow and muddy).
I can't really buy Cumberbatch assaulting Hardy though!
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