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      Cambridge Spies

      2003 3h 12m Drama List
      Reviews 82% 250+ Ratings Audience Score In the 1930s, Soviets recruit British collegians Kim Philby (Toby Stephens), Guy Burgess (Tom Hollander), Anthony Blunt (Samuel West) and Donald McLean as agents. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A Tom Hollander showcase, perhaps his best. But for a spy story it doesn't have much going for it, except that the story is one of incredible East-West impact. Probably this is more real than the more exciting portrayals of spies. This was a BBC television series; so maybe that's why 2-hours' worth of story is inflated to 4. To say this show is slow is to say a turtle is fleet of feet. Glad to know the true story & get a peek behind the scenes in the collegiate wings of the eventual players on the international stage - just wished it hadn't taken so long get it. The History Channel extra material is helpful. One empathizes with the women in this tangled web of Briti'snoot homosexuals, too. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow! A stunning depiction of fluid world of being spies. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member this was pretty dull. not a lot of action. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member A great drama from the BBC. It's not historically accuarate and it's dubious that the four Cambridge lads are portrayed in such a heroic light but the acting, especially from Hollander, is excellent and the whole things feels nicely paced. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Too much of a voyeristical eye and too little of an instimist one. We are subjected to a lot of sex and not enough characterisations, motives and intentions. For communist wannabes. Or not. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting subjec and even quite good actors, but the story is told quite boringly, though it might just be the brittish upper class culture that is amazingly boring. Without my knitwork I would never have stayed awake watching this. Somehow the movie all the time keeps politely distant from the action and from it's characters. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Alonso Duralde The Advocate It’s that real-life story -- and not the rather pedestrian script by Peter Moffat -- that makes one want to sit through this four-hour extravaganza. May 19, 2022 Full Review A.A. Gill Sunday Times (UK) The Establishment was portrayed as so irredeemably stupid and snobbish that it made you wonder why the communists bothered with spies at all. Oct 15, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis In the 1930s, Soviets recruit British collegians Kim Philby (Toby Stephens), Guy Burgess (Tom Hollander), Anthony Blunt (Samuel West) and Donald McLean as agents.
      Director
      Tim Fywell
      Screenwriter
      Peter Moffat
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jan 31, 2006
      Runtime
      3h 12m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo