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Name: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Genre: drama, mystery, thriller
Released: 2011
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 7

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has an iRankMovies score of 76.2/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?

Release:2011

Runtime:2h 7m

Country:Germany

Director:Tomas Alfredson

Language:English

Genre

DramaMysteryThriller

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Keywords

London EnglandBudapest HungaryEspionage spyCold War1970sTraitorKgb

iRank76

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 225K votes

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic85%

TMDb6.622/10· 3K votes

With 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 85/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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.

Cast of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman
as George Smiley
Colin Firth
as Bill Haydon
Tom Hardy
as Ricki Tarr
John Hurt
as Control
Toby Jones
as Percy Alleline
Mark Strong
as Jim Prideaux
Benedict Cumberbatch
as Peter Guillam
Ciarán Hinds
as Roy Bland
David Dencik
as Toby Esterhase
Kathy Burke
as Connie Sachs
Stephen Graham
as Jerry Westerby
Simon McBurney
as Oliver Lacon

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy facts

Budget: $30M
Box office: $81.5M

Our take on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tomas Alfredson's 2011 mystery-thriller distills John le Carré's Cold War world into a cool, meticulous puzzle. George Smiley, an aging master spy once tipped to succeed Control, is coaxed out of retirement to expose a top-level mole burrowed inside the Circus. Sifting back through his own past and the murky machinery of British intelligence, Smiley must unravel the net spun by his KGB nemesis Karla before the traitor slips away. This is deliberate, cerebral espionage for patient viewers who savour atmosphere, ambiguity and quiet performances over gunfire and chases. If you want spycraft built on suspicion, betrayal and the slow tightening of a trap, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy rewards close attention.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Intricate Cold War spy craft and espionage intrigue captivate patient viewers
•Sophisticated direction and subdued performances create tense atmospheric ambiance
•Layered narrative rewards close attention and intellectual engagement