The Cold War is the era and the focus is an infiltrated MI6. The plot is intelligent, complicated and complex and if you lose focus for one second you may become lost. However, concentrating on this sumptuous and meaty plot is certainly no hardship because to lose yourself in this wonderful 70s setting is somewhat a treat; this film is aesthetically very pleasing and the detailed period costume, set and editing is spectacular. The whole film is a class act and very rarely these days do you come across a film with so few faults.
Credit must go to director Tomas Alfredson for taking on the daunting task of adapting a much loved British television series and novel and as a result creating such a mesmerizing feature length portrayal.
As previously mentioned, the cast is a huge element in this movies' success. The calibre of this British juggernaut of a cast is actually fairly breathtaking; this is not just a bunch of familiar faces, these actors are a mix of Academy Award winners, established film royalty and young actors who are surely the future of British performers on the Hollywood stage. When you analyse it, you have John Hurt, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Philip Martin Brown, Kathy Burke and Toby Jones who have all had, and will continue to have prolific and impressively successful careers. You then come to the young guns Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch who are both ridiculously exciting talents and their careers are, by all means, only now kicking off.
Now I realise I'm gushing and all but why not? It is a year to be very proud of British talent, and that I am... No phone checks whatsoever!
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