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Oct 16, 2015 · Bridge of Spies is a daring, studied and mannered true story that is at once remarkably genuine and deeply cinematic at the same time.
91% Tomatometer 316 Reviews 87% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane.
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- Steven Spielberg
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- Tom Hanks
Bridge of Spies Reviews. Boasting a deliberate and measured direction of tack-sharp screenplay, it smoothly coasts through themes of privilege, rights, and repute, balancing each in its...
Oct 5, 2015 · Film Review: ‘Bridge of Spies’. Steven Spielberg's 1950s espionage drama gives Tom Hanks another meaty role to add to his resume, though it's Mark Rylance who steals the show as the...
- Steven Spielberg give us two movies and a rebuke for the price of one.
- Verdict
By Josh Lasser
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:03 pm
Posted: Oct 15, 2015 6:43 pm
Steven Spielberg is no stranger to period stories, nor to asking the audience to think about an event. With Bridge of Spies he is at it again, but rather than giving us just one film, he gives us two, first a courtroom tale and then a spy drama. However, neither of them is great because there simply isn't enough time to given to either one.
Starting in 1957, Bridge of Spies features Tom Hanks as lawyer James B. Donovan. In the first portion of the movie, Donovan is tasked with the thankless job of defending suspected spy, Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). Then, in the second portion of the movie, Donovan must go to Germany to try to swap Abel for a downed American pilot, Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell), who is being held by the Russians.
While these two distinct acts are tied together via the characters, the look of the movie, and the quality of the acting, they are very much different pieces. Importantly, there is one other thing that they share – a sense of disdain, or perhaps disappointment, for how America and Americans view the world and our own ideals. This last thing is actually the most fascinating part of the entire affair.
While Bridge of Spies may take place decades ago, during the height of the Cold War, the message Spielberg is offering about today is quite clear. He warns us that we are trading our principles for perceived security, that we are regularly happy to give up our ideals. It is a powerful rebuke, one that is more powerful than the film from which it em...
Bridge Of Spies is a well acted, thrilling, smart Cold War drama that features a Oscar worthy performance from Tom hanks. Bridge of Spies tells the true story of a Cold War spy swap, during the height of tension between the U.S. and Russia.
Oct 14, 2015 · By Manohla Dargis. Oct. 14, 2015. In “Bridge of Spies,” a gravely moody, perfectly directed thriller, Steven Spielberg returns you to the good old bad days of the Cold War and its great fictions,...
