Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

merelyaninnuendo A Most Wanted Man3 And A Half Out Of 5A Most Wanted Man is a character driven political thriller about a few good-hearted infiltrators whose attempt to pull of an impossible yet utterly glorious task ends up with dilemmas on each step. The stakes aren't higher as one usually gets in such tales, but the inner politics is so well constructed that you cannot not communicate with its designing. The screenplay is so tight and written like a poetry on the sense that it enfolds each time a different perspective, angle, character and a piece of information that somehow sets the clock at zero. And since the feature is build upon the race against time factor, the sense of urgency never fades away even though it ticks for an entire two hours. Corbign's world is busy in all its act (even in its first act, it doesn't spend its time on laying out the plot for the audience) where the viewers has to work hard to catch up with it. It is rich on technical aspects like using its props, amazing camera work, fine editing and sharp sound effects although fails on pitching a palpable background score. Goose fleshing revelations, tricky and convoluted plot and eye-popping cinematography are the high points of the feature that keeps the audience tangled in its world. Bovell's adaptation might be gripping and layered but Corbign's execution surpasses the script and sensibly respects each frame projected on the screen. Hoffman oozes power, vulnerability and emotional aspects of his character unflinchingly with an amazing supporting cast like McAdams, Dafoe Wright, Bruhl and Krieps. A Most Wanted Man is not what we wanted but needed, in an industry where most of the mission were taken over by action and chase scenes, it is inexpressibly refreshing to encounter a chess game.

zardoz-13 Phillip Seymour Hoffman's last film with him in a leading role, "A Most Wanted Man," is a low-key, post-9/11, espionage melodrama that director Anton Corbijn and scenarist Andrew Bovell adapted from British author John le Carré's bestselling novel. Lensed on location in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany, this literate but slowly-paced genre piece piles up considerable atmosphere during its 122 minute running time. Unfortunately, Corbijn provides little in the way of tangible action. Indeed, "A Most Wanted Man" qualifies as the flip-side of Corbijn's earlier epic, "The American," with George Clooney who got to shoot adversaries and bed the ladies. Instead, people walk into and out of buildings, and bureaucrats sit around tables discussing cases. Hoffman belts an obnoxious individual in one scene that has nothing to do with the elaborate 'sting' plot involving an ultra-secret, street-level, German counter-terrorist organization out to trap a Muslim philanthropist. The big finale involves a multiple car crash. Hoffman plays a disillusioned German espionage officer who must produce results in 72 hours after a half-Chechen, half-Russian refugee, Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin), tortured recently by the Russians, slips into Hamburg without a passport. Karpov convinces an ordinary, blue-collar family to house him after he performs an act of kindness to a woman who has too many grocers to tote him. Meantime, Günther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and the clandestine squad with whom he struggles to uncover links to Islamic terrorist organizations by recruiting people within those organizations sets out to trap Dr. Abdullah (Homayoun Ershadi) whom they suspect is funneling money to Al Qaeda. Eventually, the complicated but gritty plot involves a reluctant German banker, Tommy Brue (Willem Dafoe), and an idealistic immigration lawyer, Annabel Richter (Rachel McAdams), who wants to help Karpov. When Bachmann introduces himself to a surprised Brue, he says, ""I head an anti-terror unit that not many people know about and even less like." Essentially, this is an above-average, believable, slice-of-life, political thriller where nobody dies, but people wind up betraying everybody in sight. For the record, the Americans in the storyline are not very savory. Naturally, the paunchy Hoffman turns in a stellar performance while he smokes cigarettes galore.

hamish-25851 The first thing that I want to say is that this is far more a John Le Carre movie than it is a movie by the director or by the cast. A Carre storyline is a lean, minimal, slow burning spy thriller grounded in realistic trade-craft, short on gadgets and long on twists. Intelligence is required to watch here, and will be rewarded.There isn't a pat, simple plot, or clearly defined lines of good or evil. There aren't amazing effects. It's not that kind of spy movie. Shootouts, stunts, rooftop chases, and high-stakes games in glamorous casinos happen in other movies.A lot has been made of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's turn in this, and deservedly so: he's very, very good. The support cast deserves credit, too, in particular the relative unknowns playing the human rights lawyer and her recently-arrived client. There have been some comments about Willem Dafoe's banker, and although Dafoe does make him the most outspoken character in the movie, I think he needs to be played that way.I've rated this for what it is. If you go in expecting entertainment laid out on a plate, forget it - you'll have a terrible time. If you want to be challenged at every step of the way, to have to work out what is going on and why, then this is definitely worth checking out.

dakjets This is a critically acclaimed John le Carré thriller with the deceased star Philip Seymour Hoffman.I really like thrillers in this genre, but not this film. The story is too slow, and sometimes tedious. I lost interest during the film, and have to remind myself to watch in, instead of chatting to friends on Facebook.But the film has one great, great asset; Phillip Seymour Hoffman. I can't remember seeing any poor performances from him, and he shines in this film too. Too bad the film does not work, it could have been so much better.See it if you are a Hoffman fan, but if you want to see a haunting and exciting spy movie, select another.(Sorry about my English)