Catholic News Service
There’s a double agent on the loose, and seemingly no one can be trusted in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” a faithful adaptation of John le Carre’s best-selling 1974 novel.
Swedish director Tomas Alfredson (“Let the Right One In”) sets a deliberately slow pace, especially for an espionage thriller, demanding the viewer’s full attention as he introduces pieces of the puzzle and juggles multiple characters and story lines, many told in flashback. It’s a journey that’s labyrinthine and sometimes confusing, disturbing and often gruesome, and it leads to a morally ambiguous resolution.