Camoo Review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

Six hours long, but feels too short!

[10/10 · 15 April 2007]

I sat in a marathon run with my DVD player heated and spinning off its blinker, chewing nervously on cigarettes, mimicking the habits of the characters on screen. It was a particularly dreary night, and I couldn't have imagined a better way to spend six full hours of my life and strangely enough it was glued to a television. This film would have rated a perfect ten on the IMDb, with only positive comments if it wasn't for a few kids who might have accidentally been forced to sit through it with their le Carre obsessed fathers, it is as flawless a masterpiece as I've ever seen, or ever will see. Smiley of course is a household name among cold war enthusiasts, history buffs and anybody who ever paid any close attention to Alec Guinness's career post Star Wars will always see him as Smiley, and only Smiley.. it was the performance of a lifetime, to last a million lifetimes...