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Smart, subtle, and steadily absorbing, A Most Wanted Man proves once again that John le Carre books make for sharp, thoughtful thrillers.
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Hoffman's an actor who could do just about anything, but being authentically German is not one of them. Jan 5, 2015 | Full Review…
Hoffman's an actor who could do just about anything, but being authentically German is not one of them.
Gary Thompson
One of the countless sad things about losing Hoffman is the realization that we'll never get to watch him single-handedly elevate an otherwise OK movie again. Jan 5, 2015 | Full Review…
One of the countless sad things about losing Hoffman is the realization that we'll never get to watch him single-handedly elevate an otherwise OK movie again.
Dana Stevens
"A Most Wanted Man" allows Hoffman to go out with not only one of his best performances, but one that epitomizes his strengths. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
"A Most Wanted Man" allows Hoffman to go out with not only one of his best performances, but one that epitomizes his strengths.
Eric Kohn
This is the sharpest, most reasonable tale of espionage and intrigue since John Boorman's Tailor of Panama. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This is the sharpest, most reasonable tale of espionage and intrigue since John Boorman's Tailor of Panama.
Scott Marks
It is a commanding performance from Hoffman, and an overwhelmingly satisfying note for this actor to end on. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
It is a commanding performance from Hoffman, and an overwhelmingly satisfying note for this actor to end on.
Peter Bradshaw
It was shot in dark, lurid, vital Hamburg; Hoffman is the star; and I was completely held. Sep 22, 2014 | Full Review…
It was shot in dark, lurid, vital Hamburg; Hoffman is the star; and I was completely held.
David Denby
For audiences who are patient with meticulously paced narratives, the spy story is an intelligent, mature and riveting piece of filmmaking anchored with subtly by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, an amazing talent lost far too soon. Dec 30, 2018 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
For audiences who are patient with meticulously paced narratives, the spy story is an intelligent, mature and riveting piece of filmmaking anchored with subtly by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, an amazing talent lost far too soon.
Kiko Martinez
Corbijn has assembled a fine cast of performers, yet still comes up with a disjointed jigsaw puzzle. Playing unfocused spy games in A Most Wanted Man leaves this peek-a-boo thriller feeling tired and unwanted. Nov 7, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Corbijn has assembled a fine cast of performers, yet still comes up with a disjointed jigsaw puzzle. Playing unfocused spy games in A Most Wanted Man leaves this peek-a-boo thriller feeling tired and unwanted.
Frank Ochieng
The last minute of this film will break your heart. Good-bye, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Sep 24, 2018 | Full Review…
The last minute of this film will break your heart. Good-bye, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Charles Mudede
So stylish that no one seems able to bring themselves to say exactly what's happening. Feb 18, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
So stylish that no one seems able to bring themselves to say exactly what's happening.
Camilla Long
How many times does one come across an intelligent and effective adaptation? [Full review in Spanish] Jan 18, 2018 | Full Review…
How many times does one come across an intelligent and effective adaptation? [Full review in Spanish]
Pablo A. Scholz
[There's] a brilliant and unnervingly timely exchange. Aug 18, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[There's] a brilliant and unnervingly timely exchange.
Brigit Grant
Hoffman delivers a fantastic and underactedly visceral performance in his last completed movie, a suspenseful espionage thriller that grabs us and keeps us always guessing all the way until it reaches a suffocatingly tense climax and surprises us with a spectacular ending.
Super Reviewer
Although slow and understated, A Most Wanted Man creates suspense with a new threat in a worn out world of bureaucracy and burn out. Hoffman and McAdams are marvelous.
Philip Seymour Hoffman's swan song is a slow-burning yet always intriguing topical spy thriller that contains a true gut-punch of an ending.
The filmmaking lets the source material down. This should-have-been absorbing story is bogged down by some poor casting and directing choices. McAdams is quite out of her league against the likes of Hoffman and Wright, but even Dafoe doesn't seem to know how to play his character well tonally. Hoffmann's commitment to his character is so intense that it dwarfs his fellow cast and only in scenes he shares with Wright and Nina Hoss does the film simmer. But the biggest issue with "A Most Wanted Man" is the personification of the titular character. He's such a sad sack, mopey presence that there's no real mystery or threat to his identity. We are meant to, at first, wonder about his honesty but the mystery is not there. Lots of potential but disappointing pay off.
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