Bland

Rating: 2/10 (2 February 2012)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is the epitome of taking spy movies in the wrong direction. Most positive reviews seem to stem out of thinking condescendingly about people who may not have enjoyed the movie. Having a dialog-intense movie with one or no action scenes does not make a movie even decent. This is just the polar opposite of "Mission Impossible" they are both terrible movies for different reasons.
The opening credits of the movie really set the stage for the rest of the movie. It was two guys walking through London followed by an hour and a half of boring, monotonous, robotic dialog. It was one mind- numbing headshot after another. Usually this sort of thing wouldn't bother me if they developed character relationships helped made me care about them as individuals...but they didn't...and I don't.
I am giving this movie a two because there was a scene where a fellow was shot to death...that was about as much emotion and excitement the movie contained. I rarely watch a movie constantly checking the time on my phone waiting for it to end.
After it ended I left the theater with my girlfriend and she kissed me on the cheek and I remembered I was still a living breathing human being and not a dead clump of cells. We did have a rather nice time complaining about it on the drive home but that isn't enough for a three.