British, Intrigue
3.5 stars
Very hard to follow. Gary Oldman stars as a spy from Britain’s MI6 aka “the Circus” who suspects a high ranking mole among his men. Other spies include Mark Strong, John Hurt, Simon McBurney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Toby Jones and Ciaran Hines. This film frequently and without warning switched back and forth between past and present and also included many extraneous scenes that only seemed to complicate it further (i.e. did we need to see Oldman swimming, grocery shopping, and watching TV? And what about that story line with Mark Strong and one of his students?). Most of these extra scenes were only a few seconds long and distracted me from the main plot. I’m sure fans of the book will get a lot more out of this film than anyone else.
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