Spielberg’s latest is a solid spy drama about the true
story of James Donovan who works to have a Russian Spy traded for an American
pilot captured in USSR. It’s not
shocking to witness Spielberg obtain the best in the business to transport us
back in time. Not only does he get the
great Joel and Ethan Coen to contribute to the script but the production team
is amazing. This film might not be among
his best; it’s certainly not his worst film.
This is a good one that lacks tension only because this kind of story
has been done before, maybe not as well done, but done regardless both on the
big screen and the small one. Tom Hanks
is fantastic as usual and Mark Rylance is brilliant. I’d love to see Rylance earn an Oscar
nomination out of his performance as the Russian spy. I’d be interested to read the original
screenwriter’s script (Matt Charman) to see how much of an improvement (or not) the
Coens brought to the project. If only I
hadn’t seen these kind of Cold War dramas before than maybe I’d have been at
the edge of my seat most of the time. Grade:
A-
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