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The Tailor of Panama

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The Tailor of Panama (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 109

Fresh: 86

Rotten:23

Average Rating: 6.9/10

Consensus: A smart and satrical thriller with an engaging cast.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexuality, language and some violence

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Mar 30, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $13,123,070

Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan stars as the anti-Bond in maverick director John Boorman's adaptation of legendary spy novelist John le Carre's seamy tour of post-Noriega Panama. A British intelligence agent whose taste for gambling and other men's... Pierce Brosnan stars as the anti-Bond in maverick director John Boorman's adaptation of legendary spy novelist John le Carre's seamy tour of post-Noriega Panama. A British intelligence agent whose taste for gambling and other men's wives has put him on the wrong side of his bosses at MI6, Andy Osnard (Brosnan) is posted to the backwater of Panama to atone for his sins. To that end, he recruits upscale tailor Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush), leveraging the man's financial problems and questionable past to gain access to information about the activities of his elite clientele. Meanwhile, Osnard remains true to form, recruiting the personal services of lovely embassy official Francesca (Catherine McCormack), and attempting the same with Harry's wife, Louisa (Jamie Lee Curtis). When Harry's best friend Micki (Brendan Gleeson), a former member of the anti-Noriega underground, now a broken man, begins blustering about politics in front of Osnard, both of these con men begin to see him as the solution to their problems. The mundane tragedy of espionage familiar to le Carre's Cold Warriors has been replaced by farce with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Boorman creates an atmosphere redolent with U.S.-abetted corruption in this well written and acted film, which also features playwright Harold Pinter in a cameo role. [More]

Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Pierce Brosnan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson

Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Pierce Brosnan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, David Hayman, Catherine McCormack, Harold Pinter, Leonor Valera, Dylan Baker, Daniel Radcliffe

Director: John Boorman

Director: John Boorman
Screenwriter: Andrew Davies, John Boorman
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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Sep 11, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. John Boorman - Director
  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
  • Featurette: THE PERFECT FIT: A CONVERSATION WITH JEFFREY RUSH AND PIERCE BROSNAN
  • Alternate Ending (With Optional Audio Commentary)
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Funny, frisky and always on the right side of plausible. Mission accomplished.

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02/13/04
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I had forgotten that thrillers could possibly be this much fun and rippingly intelligent at the same time.

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Margaret A. McGurk
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If you think the spy-thriller genre has been streamlined and spoofed and subverted until nothing new can be done to it, think again.

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09/26/02
Peter Rainer
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It doesn't feel like a normal espionage thriller; it feels much, much better.

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08/12/02
Rob Vaux
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A broad, ribald circus flagrantly in love with the English language, The Tailor bustles with swaggering, jubilant showmanship.

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08/10/02
Sean Burns
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Like "Three Kings," "The Tailor of Panama" is a political satire that emerged from the studio system with its fangs intact.

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06/18/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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No es una película fácil ni para aquellos con estómago débil, debido a su explícito contenido sexual, su fuerte carga inmoral, su lenguaje y algunas escenas de violencia.

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03/22/02
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A movie for people who don’t mind having their expectations played with, and who prefer wordplay over gunplay.

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02/26/02
Mark Dujsik
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Deceptively rich and intriguing.

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02/21/02
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