Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Pros: Excellent adaptation, acting, and direction

Cons: You really gotta pay attention and keep mental notes

The Bottom Line: Literate and suspenseful adaptation of Le Carre's book, and succeeds without the Hollywood Actioner cliches!

Review: To say that “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”, a series made for British Television has the special quality that holds an audience is an understatement. It is this special quality which seems to sum up the entire 1979, 290-minute story. The intensity ...

Pros: Realistic insider's guide to the daily life of true spies.

Cons: If you are looking for James Bond, Wesley Snipes-type action, watch something else.

The Bottom Line: This video is for the cerebral viewer with an interest in politics and the real Cold Warriors.

Review: The BBC miniseries version of John LE Carre's novel, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, is an excellent "thinking man's/woman's" guide to Western vs. Eastern spies in the latter part of the 20th Century. Complete with spycraft, remote locations, inter- and ...