In 7 words or less: Spy spies on the spies.Best bits? Just the general feel of it I think - it looks amazing and the attention to detail is great; I was totally immersed in the 70s cold war greyness and paranoia of it. Gary Oldman is brilliant, putting in quite an understated performance his George Smiley is something of a sad, repressed man; but he always seems to let you know what he's thinking behind those epic specs of his. He'll sort it out.
I also enjoyed the sequence where Benedict Cumberbatch's character has to sneak into HQ, 'the Circus' to steal information - that old gem of heading into the lion's den to crank up the tension, but genuinely jittery stuff.
Did it make you think thoughts? Yeah, loads - plenty to keep the old grey cells engaged, a nice intelligent film for a change.
Would you watch it again? Yeah. There's plenty here to warrant a second viewing - cracking cast, really atmospheric and involving and just bloody nice looking.
Rating (out of 100%): A classy 83%
Would you watch it again? Yeah. There's plenty here to warrant a second viewing - cracking cast, really atmospheric and involving and just bloody nice looking.
Rating (out of 100%): A classy 83%
