Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman plays a proper English spy trying to flush-out a mole in his clandestine spy agency. I’m certain there are literary types, cinephiles, and British people who’ll be able to follow the plot and find this movie subtle and brilliant. The acting is very important-sounding and production design is impeccably drab. So, I apologize if I sound like a typical, guns-a-blazin' American, but I found this to be a little too “Masterpiece Theatre.” There were moments, brief moments, when it got vibrant; stylish even. But there’s a lot of gray and a lot of whispering in between… I’d rather watch Homeland.