Product: Tailor of Panama [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 4.0
Good, not great - Not a Thomas Crowne Affair Level Movie
Summary:A good movie. Great cinematography, good cohesive script, good story, good editing, Directors Commentary was good, not great. Additional DVD features interesting and worthwhile spending the extra money for (verses video).Story:Brosnan plays secret agent Andy Osnard (something like Bond's lesser brother) who is exiled to Panama for the remainder of his career. He then meets and uses a tailor, Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush - who is excellent). Osnard squeezes Pendel for information on his clients and gets interesting stories to present to his superiors and compels events forward.Negative:Andy Osnard is too low a character to create audience sympathy and carry the movie. Certainly it shows Brosnan can act and break his mold. But, Osnard was too base a character to make this a hit. Certainly not a Thomas Crowne (see my review of that DVD and CD).