The greatest movie ever made..!

Nice effects though.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Take two twelve bottle cases of wine and stack one on top of the other.. then try carrying them both in one arm, while you're carrying something else in the other.. oh yea, and make it look totally easy, like there was nothing inside the two boxes.. (cause obviously there wasn't)!! And that's only one example of just how absurd parts two and three of this trilogy eventually become. Page Eight was really good enough (gorgeous RW), and I was so looking forward to the other two segments. But it was like night and day.. as if part one was made in Britain, and two and three in the US. The 7 rating is for part one.. two and three deserve no more than a 5.. and that's being overly generous.

This movie is fun, well-paced, slickly produced, and well-acted...and then the final act happens, and I found myself sputtering for the complete collapse of all involved character's respective motivations, integrity, and believability - someone involved in decision making decided that the movie needed a dopey, unconvincing romantic finish, and decided to completely reject all the character development, plot and, frankly, interesting things that had occurred up until that point, so as to meet it. This was recommended to me by someone who knew my deep appreciation for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and I think that recommendation was appropriate until about fifteen minutes before the curtain closed. Just a total disaster.Love the cast, love the feel - but completely disappointing, from an ultimately confused offering.

Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is an old hand in MI5. One night, he's pulled into his neighbor Nancy Pierpan (Rachel Weisz)'s apartment to help her end a bad date. Only Nancy's date keeps hanging around. He has a rocky relationship with his artist daughter Julianne (Felicity Jones). He's suspicious and later finds out that she's a journalist with arab ties. His superior and friend Benedict Baron (Michael Gambon) gives him a file about American detention black sites to read. On the bottom of page 8, the report says "Downing Street already knows about this." Home Secretary Anthea Catcheside (Saskia Reeves) is taken aback. Johnny is a dinosaur and apolitical. When Benedict Baron dies, he is being cornered by the prime minister (Ralph Fiennes).This is a modern spy thriller. I'm reluctant to call this a thriller. It's not just that there are no shootouts or car chases. The pacing is quite slow. Then there is the danger involved for the protagonist. It's hard to see where the danger for him lies. Basically he has something valuable but unless people starts taking shots at him, there is no danger. Bill Nighy is interesting but has no energy in this role. And his romance with Rachel Weisz is awkward as heck.

Page Eight is about an MI5 analyst who's boss dies and leaves him a rather sensitive file that some in the British hierarchy would rather never sees the light of day.If you've seen Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy then it's basically the same thing - a spy thriller that tries to portray the more 'realistic' side of espionage. By this I mean the side of spying that isn't shown in James Bond. Don't expect any beautiful bikini-clad babes in Page Eight, or even a car chase with a car than can turn into a boat. What you have here is a political thriller where 'battles' are carried out with words and briefcases, rather than Walter PPKs.Page Eight has a great cast - anything with Bill Nighy, Ralph Fiennes and Michael Gambon are always going to carry a certain level of kudos with them.Is it any good? Yes, it does the job. It's probably worth a watch if you're happy with slower-paced thrillers. Gary Oldman's Tinker, Tailor is probably a superior vessel and Page Eight does come across like a film which was written by a Guardian reader, i.e. very left wing, but it's still not a bad watch.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/