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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The Tailor of Panama
2001
***
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson

This original but not entirely successful spy drama is set in Panama and it's based on John le Carré's novel. Its main characters are not particularly likeable, which is both the strength and the weakness of the film. Pierce Brosnan plays a slimy and greedy British agent and the excellent Geoffrey Rush portrays a naive tailor with a shady past.