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Peter Windmill An old school, dialogue driven spy thriller set in the far away land of Panama. Even the film techniques are old school (the Thames view in the beginning, editing!). It all feels very 70s (and it isn't necessarly a bad thing). If you enjoyed Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy with Alec Guiness, you should give it a try. The pace is much faster though and the atmosphere less dense. Brosnan as a cynical manipulator is quite believable. G. Rush as Harry the Tailor feels overdone at times but it's all part of the 70s movie convention. For more Bond like, action filled, black white characters spy movies look elsewhere. Set your expectations right and you will enjoy this one.

Avid Climber The Tailor of Panama is, in term of international spying, the antithesis of the James Bond movies. The only similarities are the high stakes and the involvement of MI-6. Ironically the main role is played by a former Bond actor, Pierce Brosnan.In this flick, Brosnan is in a role quite different from his usual cast. Here, he's not likable, not even a little, and he plays it well. You might say he's still a scoundrel, but this time, bearing the full negative connotation. Geoffrey Rush is very good as the deluded tailor. Jamie Lee Curtis, in the minor role of his wife, is not shining at her best, but her performance is good.The premise of the movie is excellent, the story that supports almost as good, as is the scenario. You'll be swept in by the intrigue and the machinations, wondering how it will all end. The final unraveling is quite surprising.I recommend it, but do not expect a feel good film. It is not for everybody. It has no action, and you'll will face the unlikable and underhanded range of human endeavors. It is all deceit.

runamokprods Geoffrey Rush is excellent as Harry, an Englishman with a sadly shady past who has re- invented himself in Panama as the best tailor in the country, making clothes for the rich and politically powerful. Into his world comes Osnard, played by Pierce Brosnan. A morally corrupt, self-serving MI6 spy, sent to Panama as a last chance after seducing a Euro diplomats wife. Many were bowled over by the irony of casting Brosnan, so associated with James Bond, as this much realer, creepier Bond alter ego. A man who is handsome, and self-confident, but whose endless seduction of women seems smarmy not sexy, and who delights in screwing other people while profiting himself. For me the casting was actually problematic. Brosnon's terrific, but the irony is so distractingly obvious, that it pulled me out of the story, and made me think too much about film and our hero images instead of simply accepting the character. Beyond that, Osnard is drawn a little too broadly for my taste. He's so transparent, I have a hard time he gets anyone to trust him even for a moment. If his inner self-serving pig were a bit better hidden, it might have given the audience more to unravel, and make other characters' willingness to do his bidding a bit easier to buy. The mix of tones also was a bit of a misfire for me. Never quite darkly funny enough to ascend into true satire, but certainly never edgy enough to be taken seriously, there's a lack of danger here. Unlike 'Dr. Strangelove', we never really think Harry and Osnard's games will reduce Panama to a pile of rubble, and the intimation of it seems false and a bit silly. Yet, all that complaining is because the movie is good enough, smart enough, brave enough and entertaining enough that I felt frustrated it didn't quite work as brilliantly as is should. But I'd certainly still recommend it, in spite of my long winded misgivings, and I'm also willing to give it another look.

Desertman84 The Tailor of Panama is a comedy-drama thriller that features Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis. Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Radcliffe, David Hayman, Lewis Daly, John Fortune, Catherine McCormack and Harold Pinter co-stars.It is based on the spy novel of the same title by John Le Carré, who wrote the screenplay with Boorman and Andrew Davies.It was directed by John Boorman.Set amidst the controversy of the handover of the Panama Canal from America to Panama in late 1999, this thriller follows seductive British spy Andrew Osnard, who has found himself recently banished to Panama. When Osnard stumbles into a tailor shop, he meets Harry Pendel, a garrulous sort with an unmatched penchant for fabricating wild tales with real-life details. Osnard threatens to expose his shady past, until Pendel agrees to provide him with information about the political situation in Panama. Pendel's wife Louisa tries to remain unscathed by her husband's constant follies, which escalate and put him in the midst of international discord, while also threatening the shaky relationship between himself and Osnard, who cannot escape each other's grasp.This film is "Casablanca without heroes" and that's precisely how Boorman depicts it.It is a melting pot of greed, ambition, and backroom maneuvering.Also,it reveals how a simple fabrication can provoke trigger-happy forces around the globe.This is a literate and entertaining comic thriller.