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Mar 30, 2001 · The beauty of John Boorman’s “The Tailor of Panama” is that the movie has no heroes, either. It’s a cynical, droll story about two con men taking advantage of each other, and getting away with it because the British and U.S. governments are begging to be lied to.
Apr 12, 2001 · Brosnan is Andy Osnard, a hard-headed, boorish British spy who has been booted out of mainstream espionage only to find himself in Panama, where he has to stop the Canal from falling into the...
Jan 1, 2000 · Reviews. The Tailor of Panama Review. Corrupt spy Andrew Osnard is stationed in Panama to keep an eye on the political rumblings over the canal. There, he hones in on Harry Pendel, tailor to...
Apr 20, 2001 · At first glance, The Tailor of Panama is about one primary thing: a sleaze-ball, opportunistic secret agent gets sent to Panama as punishment for his professional missteps, then hooks-up with...
May 1, 2012 · Smuggling, larceny, character assassination and subversion: John le Carré and his collaborator John Boorman get away with murder here. Under the guise of turning out an exotic spy thriller ...
May 2, 2012 · Written today, The Tailor of Panama would almost certainly demand a plot not to transfer the rights of the Canal, but to destroy it in yet another rote action thriller. Therein lies perhaps the greatest charm of both the novel and the film: they represent a safer era, in which something so disruptive could be (relatively) peaceful.
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Is it a farce, or a thriller? Is Brosnan being clever, playing a man pretending to be James Bond, and why waste the wonderful Catherine McCormack as bedroom fodder? Is the tailor an agent, a double agent, an innocent or a fantasist? Frankly, my dear... Reviewed on: 19 Apr 2001
