St-Georges

A great movie. To me it showed the impact of integrity on a global scale. An earlier review said they were real people, not hollywood renditions of a spy, and that is so true. Human beings with strengths and also great weaknesses, and their struggle with values: those of a relationship vs those of national importance. Beautifully filmed and acted - great sensitivity all around. Forget the politics: just Americans being American.

9/10
barry.legh@ - 3 reviews
12.8.2010 - age: 50+

This is an intelligent, human Cold War espionage thriller that enages the mind and heart. It is an old-fashioned spy thriller. It is moody and atmospheric in it's spy feel. The two lead actors who bring down the Soviet Union look and feel like real spy's would act. These are spys that could be seen in fillms like THE SPY WHO CAME OUT OF THE COLD. They are flawed characters with a conscience. The exfiltration sequence when the French spy with his family try to escape through a border checkpoint into a neighbouring country is put together with great skill and remininded me of old-fashioned Cold War films. A spy films for descerning adults.

7/10
harry.georgatos@ - 82 reviews
15.7.2010 - age: 36-49

Farewell, a movie like no other. You think it’s gona be a painful history class turned into a movie here to make you less ignorant about the cold war and espionage. Think again! It's the story of a friendship that slowly develops between 2 men (the Russian being a passionate man, be it about life itself or the USSR, and has the kind of integrity and charisma, you don't see anymore, and the end of the movie will make you recognize that full blown) At another level, the story gets told about the infrastructure around spying, and it's not hard to follow, you're at the edge of your seat eager for more of this interesting information. And then there is Oscar, the son of this Russian man and how also their relationship develops ever so slowly, it makes all the sense in the world why their world was far apart, even though they are so similar. And you get to hear Queen, the english group Oscar loves, and when every song plays of queen, the whole theatre vibrates with energy and more ENERGY. The movie ends and the first thing you wana do is perpetuate this atmosphere/ambiance and go buy a ticket to Moscou and immerse yourself there to understand/ and take it in all again (even if it’s no long the USSR there)

10/10
toutayti@ - 5 reviews
25.2.2010 - age: 26-35

This movie teaches me many things about the Reagan area and the cold war... very well made.

9/10
ac53083@ - 2 reviews
23.2.2010 - age: 36-49

Really an 8, [and I would need to] compensate for anyone who actually believes that America saved the world and Reagan was more than a 2-bit actor who's advisors and wife made all the decisions. This movie explores the human side of spying - not all spies were james bond or jason bourne. And the USSR collapse was an internal job; it fell under its own weight of stagnation, corruption, and lack of imagination. Great movie.

8/10
tedzo1@ - first review
10.2.2010 - age: 36-49 - One reply

The plot was good, until the twist at the end. The actors were good especially Guillaume Canet. Good movie to rent though.

6/10
kchuynh03@ - 20 reviews
6.2.2010 - age: 18-25

I was highly impressed by this movie. The element of surprise played a certain part since I did not know the story, but the movie is very well made. Unless you know the story, this movie will make you guess every step of the plot. I highly recommend it.

9/10
sebastian_tat@ - 3 reviews
31.1.2010 - age: 26-35

In other words the French trough their brilliance have had preempted the Soviet ability to compete in military spending/arming their forces - et voila the Soviet Empire colapsed - not due to the brilliance of Ronald Regan and his advisers but due to F. Mitterrand and the French socialists - [...]

3/10
weg@ - first review
30.1.2010 - age: 50+ - 2 replies

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