Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Bene Cumb As for Cold War events, the Brits and lately the Germans as well have produced so many good series that, from time to time, one might wonder that is it possible to outmatch them, to possess good framework and maintaining thrill, yet without insipid cliches. It is to my liking to announce that The Game has got into the list of the best of them in every aspect: there are lots of twists and turns, including each episode ending, the cast is even and distinguished, the mood and era have skilfully captured, and - last but not least - high-society British English is heard all the time. Well, one might ponder if the situation in the UK was then so harsh and unpredictable, with suspicious persons in the very top of the society, but all this does not seem ridiculous, as the logic and shift of scenes are motivated. I liked all the episodes, and it is regrettable that only one season was produced. People like Brian Cox, Shaun Doodley, Victoria Hamilton are always pleasant to follow, they have no trivial roles.

dcurrie623 I'm usually a sucker for these British spy stories so when I saw the good reviews and started watching (tho not expecting another Tinker Tailor) I was expecting to be entertained on at least some level.Oh dear. 'disappointment' would be too kind a word.First of all, not too many minutes in, it becomes apparent that the lead actor has no qualities whatsoever. A blank. Well I take that back, he has boyish good looks which is totally out of place for his character. He might be a good actor, but one would never know it from this series. However the bad (or non) acting is not restricted to him. This aspect is spread pretty evenly throughout the cast who all are vying for top honors in this department with the exception being Brian Cox and a couple of the minor characters.The stupid and uninspired script shows that however talented the writer was on other projects, this kind of story is not up his street. Ridiculous plot development and inane, clichéd dialog does not help the actors who undoubtedly are shown to poor advantage. As someone else pointed out, if the 'tradecraft' of these amateur hour intelligence folks was used in real life (whatever that is), the West would have gone under along time ago. However, the director should not be held blameless when all else is so bad. Aren't directors supposed to make silk purses...On a happier note, the photography of the series is very goodBelieve me, I hate to dump on all these people as I know they tried to make something good. Unfortunately it did not work out.

stephen-lambe Many of the other reviews here - whether giving a good, bad or mediocre rating - have got the tone of this fun series about right. This is not for people looking for something in the vein of Le Carre or Deighton, excepting on a surface level. While (as many have said) it is wonderfully played with great intensity and commitment by a great cast, there's always a feeling that it's all style and no substance whatsoever. Like a parody of Le Carre novel with most of the jokes removed and Daddy's M15 never feels like it could really exist. That's not to say that it isn't good fun - I enjoyed it immensely - but while Funeral in Berlin and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will stay with me for as long as I have breath I'll have forgotten The Game in a couple of weeks, which is a bit of a shame.

Major Kalas First of all - the acting is great. But: If you're a John LeCarre fan looking for something like "Tinker Tailor...", you might end up seriously dissatisfied. That was exactly my problem when I began to watch the first episode. I felt betrayed by the writers: The character Joe Lamme looks almost like Peter Guillam played by Benedict Cumberbatch. The chief of MI5 is called Daddy and nobody knows his real name (like Control in "Tinker Tailor..."). His wife probably doesn't know he's working for MI5 (Control used to have a wife who thought he works as a postman - it's one little sentence in one of LeCarre's books). The evil KGB guy is called Odin (not Karla) and nobody knows his real name. DC Jim Fenchurch is basically Smiley's right hand man Mendel. Joe and Jim try to figure out who the mole is - they pull cards as a symbol for each of their colleagues. There is a mole. This alone would not be upsetting, but then there are goofs like: Joe tells Jim that he will use a workname - aloud, behind the suspect's door. Wendy is shaking all the time, I wonder how she passed the job interview. One scene is almost an exact remake of a scene from the first X-Files movie. I could go on. But it's really pointless, because obviously this series were not made for LeCarre fans. It's simply a well-made spy thriller that uses visual language of Thomas Alfredson's movie and borrows elements from genre classics.