8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
Overview
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
8.0
Overview
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores the moral decay and institutional corruption within a Cold War intelligence agency, focusing on an individual's methodical effort to restore its integrity. Its nuanced critique of power and emphasis on duty balance potential left and right interpretations, resulting in a neutral stance.
This 1979 Cold War spy thriller features traditional casting, predominantly with white male actors, consistent with its historical and literary context. The narrative focuses on espionage and character drama without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on DEI themes.
Secondary
The 1979 adaptation of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" includes a significant same-sex relationship involving the character Bill Haydon, which is central to the plot of betrayal. This portrayal is neither overtly positive nor negative, presenting the relationship as a complex facet of a character's motivations within the grim realities of espionage, without endorsing ridicule or affirmation.
The film 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is a Cold War spy thriller that does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate within the scope of this framework, resulting in a 'N/A' assessment.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1979 adaptation of John le Carré's novel maintains the established genders of all major characters from the source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The 1979 adaptation of John le Carré's novel features characters who were consistently depicted as white in the source material, and these roles are portrayed by white actors in the series. No instances of race swapping were identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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