Bone-idle.ie writes "Here is a film that emulates the Soviet scare of the 1970s with great care – spys, moles, secret communiqués, double agents and all manner of other agents of paranoia. This is the great success of TTSS (an unwieldy title demands an acronym) – you, like the characters, truly feel as if you cannot trust a soul."
When the BBC screened the hugely admired adaptation of John le Carré’s Cold War novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy back in 1979, recent revelations were rocking the British establishment.
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A career of great performances has brought Gary Oldman only one Oscar nomination, for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Might an epic performance as British Prime Minster Winston Churchill finally earn him some long overdue love from the Academy?
Matt of We Got This Covered wrote, "Perhaps one of the most overlooked films this awards season was Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a masterful adaptation of John le Carre’s intricate, complex and brilliant spy novel. While it earned stellar reviews from critics, the awards weren’t as favorable and neither was the box office. Now that the film is on Blu-Ray, it’s time to re-visit director Tomas Alfredson‘s excellent spy thriller and see whether Gary Oldman really did get screwed out of that Oscar."
