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Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe: I felt stuck on the outside, while the characters went through their paces secretly understanding everything that was at stake. Read more
Nancy DeWolf Smith, Wall Street Journal: Even though there may be a fleeting moment when you feel an urge to slap Mr. Nighy and yell: "Perk up," in truth he can do no wrong here. Read more
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times: It's the right cast in the right setting but with a wrongfully righteous script. Read more
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: The post-Cold War evolution of MI5 is a potentially juicy subject, but while Hare lines up the elements, he fails to take the story anyplace especially revelatory or combustible. Read more
David Thomson, The New Republic: Bill Nighy is the hushed engine of the film, just as Rachel Weisz is asked to be the emblem of a vein of decency and commitment that is worth defending. Read more