Oldman Deserves the Oscar

Rating: 8/10 (11 January 2012)

This movie has perfect (fly on the wall, at that!) cinematography, is filled to the brim with talented actors (so much so that Hardy and pretty much everyone but Oldman were under-used), has a well written (adapted) script, and is directed by a foreigner who everyone in Hollywood loves...all of that was to show it is an ideal Academy best picture candidate, but of course we now know it was 'snubbed'. I actually think it is a good call - Oldman's performance was the best part and he was rightfully nominated. This was maybe a top 20 2011 movie, but definitely not top 5.
Tinker is a throwback to classic, deliberate film making, and if nothing else, was enjoyable to watch.