Storyline
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
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Joe Starr, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, Tom Hanks, Jesse Plemons, Joachim Paul Assböck, John Rue, Domenick Lombardozzi, Peter Conboy, Mark Rylance, Victor Verhaeghe, Greg Nutcher, Ashlie Atkinson, Brian Hutchison, Peter McRobbie, Paul Jude Letersky, Mark Zak, Michael Schenk, Austin Stowell, Sebastian Koch, Joshua Harto, Michael Gaston, Burghart Klaußner, Edward James Hyland, Dakin Matthews, Billy Magnussen, Hamilton Clancy, Victoria Leigh, Joe Forbrich, Stephen Kunken, Will Rogers, Steven Boyer, Mikhail Gorevoy, Michael Pemberton, Mark Fichera, Eve Hewson, Michael Power, Rainer Reiners, Rafael Gareisen, Patricia Squire, Mike Houston, James Lorinz, Michael Wren Gucciardo, Noah Schnapp, Max Mauff, Victor Schefé, Michael Simon Hall, Merab Ninidze, Scott Shepherd, Jillian Lebling, Marko Caka, John Ohkuma, Joel Brady, Jon Curry, Wes McGee, Jim C. Ferris, Haley Rawson, John Henry Cox, Daniela Schulz, Nadja Bobyleva, Henny Russell, Nolan Lyons, Hayley Feinstein, Jon Donahue, Tracy Howe, Ron Komora
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Reviews
100
Bridge of Spies has a brassy and justified confidence in its own narrative flair.
80
A feel-good Cold War melodrama, Bridge of Spies is an absorbing true-life espionage tale very smoothly handled by old pros who know what they're doing.
80
While the helmer’s myth-making approach makes for great Capra-esque entertainment, younger auds may find it terribly old-fashioned — and they’d be right to think so, although Spielberg would be the first to admit it was his intention to play things classical.
80
Gifts of civility small and large mark Steven Spielberg's latest film, a deeply satisfying Cold War spy thriller that feels more subdued than usual for the director—even more so than 2012's philosophical Lincoln—but one that shapes up expertly into a John Le Carré–style nail-biter.
75
While the rousing tale of espionage has plenty of appealingly old-fashioned qualities, there's no doubting Spielberg's ability to devise visually arresting moments that speak to the movie's themes far better than its story.
