Tom Hanks at his usual best

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2020)

Loved this film for its history (I was a teenager during the early stages of the Cold War and remember well the feeling in America during the early 60's). I so enjoy a historical/legal drama and this movie certainly satisfies in that arena. Tom Hanks is brilliant as the attorney who becomes progressively enmeshed in nail biting, high level spy trading negotiations. Mark Rylance as the Russian spy gave a memorable performance for which he deserved an Oscar. One felt such pathos surrounding this spy who in the end, whether he was convicted in America or sent back to his homeland in a spy trade, was in a no win situation. For the attorney played by Tom Hanks, he apparently became quite an asset in negotiating international deals for the Kennedy administration.