Bridge of Spies
After Gary Power's role in the Cold War, he was captured by the Soviet Union and his only hope out will be efforts from Donovan.
1960, Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
5 May 1969, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
21 March 1939, New York City, New York, USA
19 May 1965, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
13 September 1949, Berlin, Germany
6 August 1977, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
18 December 1932, South Gate, California, USA
1978, Berlin, Germany
19 January 1976, Torgau, East Germany [now Saxony, Germany]
25 March 1976, Bronx, New York, USA
22 February 1962, Queens, New York, USA
July 25, 2016
Bridge of Spies is never less than brilliantly made, tense and with a satisfyingly twisty plot but Spielberg's recurring late period theme of honest men doing their best in a wicked world is just a little over-baked.
November 06, 2015
Authentic re-creations of the period, including duck-and-cover clips about a nuclear holocaust that frightened young students, serve as a reminder of a time, not unlike our own, when the threat of terror kept a steady and disturbing beat.
October 19, 2015
When a film is as enjoyable as this one, its timing so sweet, and its atmosphere conjured with such skill, do you really wish to register a complaint? Would it help?
July 14, 2016
Bridge of Spies is a bit overstuffed and full of itself, but it is competently made, a little exciting and a little funny and a little, well, little.
December 19, 2016
Director Steven Spielberg gives audiences a meticulously composed espionage thriller, which establishes a tense atmosphere from the start and keeps the viewer engaged throughout. [Full review in Japanese]
November 09, 2015
Bridge of Spies is a heart-on-its-sleeve affirmation of American values -- not in the loaded contemporary sense of the term, but in the way the country was founded on values we have to work and fight to abide by.
October 23, 2015
Spielberg and Charman frame Donovan as a thin bulwark against the American government's attempts to work around its own supposed ideals at the height of the Cold War.
December 07, 2016
Bridge of Spies may be devoid of spectacle, but it is still full of wonder and well worth a watch.
June 13, 2016
Though there's little action, the heart races and fists clench.
October 19, 2015
When all the international parties finally meet up at the shadowy titular bridge, we get to witness humanity - and classic filmmaking - at its finest.
July 10, 2016
For all its limitations, it's one of the few genuinely brainy Oscarbait films of the year.
October 22, 2015
Bridge of Spies connects Cold War paranoia to today's terror. That's a bridge worth building.
