Unforgivably boring

Rating: 6/10 (3 February 2012)

I never got to see the original BBC series that this film originates from , although i do remember when it was on. I was a little too young on the 70's to watch it . This film brilliantly replicates the seventies look and has some superb acting from the cream of the British acting fraternity so it begs the question - Why was this film so boring ?
This is the story of a group of British diplomats who find they have a mole amongst them. The cold war with Russia is at it's height and nobody on either side can be trusted.
Gary Oldman has been nominated for an Oscar for his role as George Smiley and he is really good as are a few others but unsurprisingly Tinker , Tailor , Soldier , Spy , the film , hasn't been nominated.
This film really is slow. Don't get me wrong . it's definitely watchable because of the acting but the story is a complete non event. There is no tension , there is no excitement , there is no ooommph in the film.
I've heard reviewers say that this is not a film about spy's but a film about trust and to some extent that is true but there is no cranked up tension whatsoever for the audience to feel any emotion about the characters. By the end of the film i couldn't care less who the mole was.
TTSS is a big disappointment.