![]() ![]() I was in my 20's in the early 1970's and the general dullness of everything during that time comes through very well. It is also less of the feel of a group of Oxbridge Dons in charge rather ex servicemen as MI5 was in those days. Gary Oldman as Smiley is very good, much colder that AG and as in the book a bit younger. I really enjoyed the film references whether they are intentional or not, they range from Rear Window to La Nuit Americaine to Mr Bean's Holiday to Godard. It also doesn't fit the change in perception that the current generation have needing an edit at least every 5 seconds and a linear storyline, that's not ageist, just what we in a much older generation have left as our inheritance, sadly. I've just come back from seeing it and thoroughly enjoyed it, but I wondered if for people who hadn't read the book or seen the TV series it would make sense, and obviously it doesn't. It really is interesting to read the above reviews.
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