The Tailor of Panama Critic Reviews
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A real movie, rich and atmospheric, savoring its disreputable characters and their human weaknesses.Read the full review
In a world full of off the rack thrillers, it's fine boutique quality.Read the full review
The first really good spy movie about the impossibility, under present historical circumstances, of making a really good spy movie.Read the full review
Benefits from delicious acting from co-stars Geoffrey Rush and Pierce Brosnan, a mordant script co-written by le Carre (along with Boorman and Andrew Davies), and the distinctive touch of its director.Read the full review
Classy, articulate and richly humorous.Read the full review
Many spy capers lose their intended irony and wry black humor, but The Tailor of Panama stays stylishly on target in ways that would put a heat-seeking missile to shame.Read the full review
Brosnan and Rush are a smooth fit, playing off each other like a snappy shirt and tie.Read the full review
The show belongs to Geoffrey Rush in a note-perfect performance as Harry Pendel, the tailor.Read the full review
Despite a dissatisfying conclusion, a sense that things don't completely jell, The Tailor of Panama is lively and provocative.Read the full review
I fear that the cozy domestic ending will leave audiences disappointed, convinced that they've seen something smaller and less momentous than they have.Read the full review
