A good movie

Following the success of ‘Let the right one in’, Tomas Alfredson became a hot item on the international scene. For his following effort, he was set to direct his first English speaking feature and it was a really prestigious production with an all star British cast. Under such circumstances, there was huge buzz around this flick and many thought it would be one of the biggest critical hits in 2011. Eventually, even though it was indeed well received, it wasn’t a huge success and I thought myself that it was indeed rather disappointing. I mean, don’t misunderstand me, it was a good movie, it was very well directed, there was a great mood and feeling for the time period and the cast was great. So, everything was set to provide an amazing realistic old fashioned spy flick but it never achieved its great potential mainly to a rather murky plot. Indeed, even though the set-up was pretty simple (they look for a mole inside the MI5), the execution was overly cumbersome and I’m not sure I really managed to follow the whole thing. Eventually, at the end, of course, you discover who was the traitor but, honestly, it could have been another one of those suspects, it wouldn’t have made a difference. To conclude, even though it was slightly disappointing, it still remain a solid spy feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10