Shockingly Good

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2016)

Having pretty much lived through the events , I figured it was pretty cut and dry . How do you make a Soviet spy heroic , seems nuts ; although 20th Cent. FOX did make a top nazi a hero shortly after WWII (The Desert Fox); but leave it to Spielberg . Tom Hanks owns the movie , but Mark Rylance comes damn close to stealing it . Tom Hanks is often compared to Jimmy Stewart and this film sort of bears that out , the only two other actors I could picture playing Mr. Donovan are Mr. (Gen.) Stewart and Gregory Peck .In a time when most films are cartoon or comic book spinoffs it is wonderful that a man who kinda started the trend (Raiders, etc) adds to his cerebral list . Another quiet masterful film to add to a collection now over 40 years long .