Vintage Spielberg

Rating: Null/10 (28 October 2015)

Just weighing in but with nothing new to add. I agree with other reviewers, it's a very entertaining film that's hard not to like. sometimes I am struck by that fact that Spielberg films often resemble Frank Capra films in that they uphold a high standard in filmmaking and don't always rely on naked characters and buckets of blood. In "Bridge of Spies", Tom Hanks has the Everyman role Capra used to employ. This one, in fact, is rated PG-13, which doesn't happen often in Lowest-Common-Denominator Hollywood.
Tom Hanks never disappoints and an argument could be made that he is America's best actor. Here he is his old self, although a few pounds heavier than in previous pictures but an idealist in the James Stewart mold. Good supporting cast of unfamiliar faces and the story moves along at a good clip. It's all been said and I don't do summaries - read another reviewer for one. Very worth seeing, an oasis in a desert of crummy Hollywood movies.