After all the praise from critics, all the rave reviews, excellent cast of top British actors and hype about this version of the John Le Carre novel, I was disappointed with the film. The dismal sets, drab colours, bad hair days and slow pace did not help. Quite depressing and morbid. The seventies were much brighter than this, unless you were in East Berlin. It did lack pace and suspense at times. It was heavy going and ponderous too often for my liking. Some scenes should have been cut as they added nothing to the film. So I am not surprised to hear that cinema goers throughout the land have been walking out before the end and pronouncing the film very dull and boring.
The acting was good and there were some great cameo performances. It does make way for a sequel with George Smiley back at the Circus and on the trail of Karla.
It fails to be as good as the Alec Guinness TV series, but that may not be a fair comparison as the TV series had many episodes to deal with the intricacies of the plot and develop the characters. I much preferred the TV series, which was vastly superior.
The acting was good and there were some great cameo performances. It does make way for a sequel with George Smiley back at the Circus and on the trail of Karla.
It fails to be as good as the Alec Guinness TV series, but that may not be a fair comparison as the TV series had many episodes to deal with the intricacies of the plot and develop the characters. I much preferred the TV series, which was vastly superior.
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