Once upon a time thriller writers like him and Freddie Forsyth were painstaking in their attention to detail, writing plots that arose out of believable characters. Oh, and Tom Hiddleston would make a very Ian Fleming James Bond. For me, it's the finest thriller this decade. It's become a cliché to say that they don't make them like this anymore, but they rarely do. Susanne Bier's direction is a masterclass. The bedrock for this classy thriller is, of course, John le Carre, supported in the adaptation by David Farr. Of course, it helps that the acting is so brilliant with top performances from the likes of Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander and Elizabeth Debicki but a great actor needs a great script. I've become so used to dodgy story lines and plots that resemble Swiss cheese that this is something of a shock. This is a rare thing: a genuinely classy thriller.
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