A Most Wanted Man - Reviews

Corbijn handles this surfeit of plot with ease, skillfully preserving the mystery of Issa’s motives and creating an atmosphere of pervasive distrust.

...mostly solid performances and strong production values.

...featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of several swansongs, there is no doubt this is an intelligent, vividly performed thriller-cum-scabrous portrait of post-9/11 counter-terrorist methods.

...a professional old-school espionage outing, intricate as clockwork and acted with relish by the ever-watchable Hoffman.

...Hoffman’s wheezing authority is lavishly mesmerising in this: it’s legitimately one of his three or four greatest performances, and as you start to deduce how great it is, you feel his loss keenly and afresh.

Forget divining who’s predator and who’s prey. Everybody’s chum here.

...sevärt tack vare det skickliga och extremt nedtonade spelet från Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014), i sin sista huvudroll.

Filmen är på många sätt en långsam njutning i all sin gråa hösttyska stramhet, men samtidigt en kylig påminnelse om storheten hos en saknad filmisk gigant...