Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds. George Smiley (Oldman) learns that there is a mole in The Circus (British Intelligence) and comes out of retirement to try and track him (or her) down. The movie's attempt to condense a John le Carre novel into two hours makes it just too tough to follow. The film is long on plot and talk and short on action, though I'm not sure that's what made the difference. There are an awful lot of characters to keep track of, and even with the subtitles turned on I couldn't keep track of them all. I have the feeling that this is a really well made movie, intricately plotted, but I just couldn't follow it. Grade: B-