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Sep 06, 2015PeterRLD rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I was disappointed in this movie. Perhaps other viewers liked it because it was a real spy story, with real consequences to the US. But the real story seemed to have been pretty linear - they suspect the guy, they keep a close look on him, they finally get the evidence they need, they arrest him. The only hint of a motive was that he liked to feel superior to the other agents around him that were furiously searching for the mole. He was a devoted Catholic - how does that figure into the story? Chris Cooper was good, as usual, but I thought Laura Linney was miscast and Ryan Phillipe just OK. If you want a realistic spy story with some real excitement, try the Eye of the Needle or some of the movies based on Le Carre stories