Spielberg went back to his route's with this beautiful and intense drama

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2015)

Bridge of Spies was a Movie i knew about from Empire Magazine where i saw the poster for it and it looked quite good since it's directed by the legendary Spielberg himself and then i saw With my friend and my former teacher and i love almost as much as Catch me if you can but not Schindler's List or Saving Private Ryan. Here's why this film is a near masterpiece.
The story follows a lawyer called James who gets recruited by the CIA to go on a negotiation mission to Exchange the CIA U-2 plane until Francis Powers fails a mission and gets shot Down by the Soviet Union and the plane crashes and now Francis is sentenced for many years in prison due to the crash of the plane and capturing everyone on camera, while a another subplot follows James's Client Rudolf Abel who is considered a spy despite not being a Spy and being a normal East German painter With a wife, and James wants to Exchange his partner With Powers because Rudolf deserves his freedom and James goes on a quest in East Berlin to Exchange partners while having unexpected surprises With Frederick, who is not up to par.
First off, the direction is almost as good as Schindler, the accuracy of the real events are pretty Close and the 1957 Brooklyn and East Berlin is well put out to look like the 1950s. The characters are designed uniquely and they have one of the best character driven stories in any Spielberg film. Rudolf is the painter With no Identity, Powers is the pilot accused for one mistake and Frederick is the American who just needs information to get out from prison and last James is the lawyer With kindness and respect to People, they all are Perfect and well choreographed.
The performances especially Tom Hanks is the strongest aspect of this Movie, Tom Hanks brings his signature trademark which is his emotions and respect to People which makes him a likable character and you really feel sorry for all he is going through. Mark Rylance is pretty good as he also brings the emotions and struggles the pain of being considered a spy while not being one at all.
The film has some problems but they're not too big, the ending is too long, like you think the film is done after the Exchange of partners and Frederick release from prison but no, there's 10 minutes more of James getting back home and hiding his adventures until his wife finds it out and he takes a nap without the wife noticing his innocence, i just thought the ending just dragged on, but it isn't terrible The dialogue can be nifty at times, especially from Frederick and one of the CIA agents, they just don't deliver them as much as the others, and the film's score by John Williams is kinda forgettable at best, but it's still there.
Bridge of Spies is a near Perfect Movie With great performances, direction, drama, setting, characters, Development, story and accuracy but the dialogue, score and the ending is weak but this film is Worth it nonetheless
9/10