A great movie

Even though I'm far from being a fan of Steven Spielberg, I still watch all his movies and I was rather curious about this flick but I didn't expect it to be so good. In my opinion, it's probably the most underrated movie directed by Spielberg and it's a real shame it never got the credit it deserved. Indeed, I thought it was spellbinding and it tells also a very important page of history. On the other and, it was just a very well made and fascinating thriller dealing with the psychological turmoil lived by many spies. Furthermore, contrary to the most movies directed by Spielberg, the whole thing was really dark, relentless, never over-sentimental which is one very annoying trademark in Spielberg's work. There was also a pretty good cast (Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Amalric, Moritz Bleibtreu, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marie-Josée Croze, Yvan Attal) and they all delivered some solid performances. I don't know why it was a flop, maybe the film was too dark for his fan base, maybe nobody wanted another movie about such a complex conflict. Anyway, in my opinion, it is one of the most fascinating spy movies ever made, a terrific directing effort for Spielberg and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

8/10