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The Tailor of Panama (2001)
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2.00

I'm a big fan of John LeCarre, so when I heard his book The Tailor of Panama was now a movie starring Pierce Brosnan, I had high hopes. But this movie is a big, muddled disappointment. I'm willing to accept some confusion and misdirection in a spy story, but not if the story is so poorly developed that you really never know what's going on, or it's so implausible that it seems silly to think this would fool anyone, much less governments and their operatives. I guess it's okay if you like this sort of movie, but overall it doesn't add up.
— marty