A Most Wanted Man (2014)
Storyline
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
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Cast
Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Daniel Brühl, Martin Wuttke, Rainer Bock, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Willem Dafoe, Vicky Krieps, Homayoun Ershadi, Herbert Grönemeyer, Ursina Lardi, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Nina Hoss, Kostja Ullmann, Mehdi Dehbi, Neil Malik Abdullah, Franz Hartwig, Vedat Erincin, Derya Alabora, Tamer Yigit, René Lay, Georg Ebinal, Bernhard Schütz, Jessica Joffe, Imke Büchel, Uwe Dag Berlin, Corinna Kropiunig, Max Volkert Martens
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Reviews
90
Village Voice
A Most Wanted Man is simply a complex tale superbly told, with time for nuance and to soak in its mysteries.
83
While the final act might not surprise or stun, it does feature some classic le Carre movements, some trademark Corbijn ease, and a terrifying Hoffman bellowing at the sky – not so bad for just another spy film.
80
Corbijn succeeds here in large part because his attention to nuance and detail so fully complements that of the German operatives at the story’s core.
75
Crackles with a jigsaw-puzzle intelligence and features a superbly subtle lead performance from the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, who single-handedly gooses the post-9/11 procedural through some of its slower patches.
75
Slant Magazine
Anton Corbijn constructs a stifling world of shadowy surveillance and intersecting national interests, building on John Le Carré's sense of moral and emotional exhaustion.
