Directed by Michael
Apted - Written by Tom
Stoppard
Starring Saffron Burrows
& Kate Winslet
Distributed by Manhattan
Pictures - 2002 - 119m - Rated
R
TC Candler's
Review
B
Espionage-lite...
This really is a thoroughly enjoyable story that
is well worth watching despite a confusing and
unexplained subject and a slight 'Hardy Boys'
feel to the investigative tactics of the
protagonists. Rarely would I ever dare to say
that a major Hollywood studio would have done a
better job with a film... but that is probably
the case here. There is something a little
cheesy about the British theatre mentality that
is plainly evident here. However, that being
said, the film is riveting with it's tales of
mystery, espionage, obsessive love & betrayal.