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Title: A disappointment
Review: I chose this series because I wanted to see how the Le Carre novels were filmed -- starting with Tinker, Tailor (a masterpiece of acting and direction). But Perfect Spy doesn't work well. Ray McNally is excellent and more nuanced than one might expect. But the two actors at the center of the story -- Peter Egan and Rudiger Weigang, both solid actors -- don't work at all. They're awkward at best.It's not their fault. The direction seems pretty poor. The framing of the shots is often lazy. The story edges along gracelessly. To carry off a character study of this kind, a director needs to be very creative and able to work closely with the actors. No sense of that here.Too bad! It's a great story that deserves a great film or -- as in this case -- series.
