For fans of Le Carre's book there are changes and the book's somewhat meaty storyline has been pared down, but the key events are here (if moved to a different setting).
To say I was looking forward to seeing this film would be something of an understatement.
Bernard Rose's film from Howard Marks' autobiography is an odd beast - larky but long, watchable but unpersuasive, agreeable but never too likeable.
Bernard Rose's film from Howard Marks' autobiography is an odd beast - larky but long, watchable but unpersuasive, agreeable but never too likeable.
I had never heard of the actor Christian McKay before this movie, but by god does he give a wonderful interpetation of Orson Welles - it's easily one of the...