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- 2025
- Steven Soderbergh
- 93 mins
- 15
Summary
When a spy is suspected of treason, her husband faces the ultimate test - loyalty to his marriage or his country. Director Steven Soderbergh's thriller, starring Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett and Rege-Jean Page
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Jeremy Aspinall
Steven Soderbergh and a crack cast have great fun with a stylish spy yarn that's pitched, delightfully, as a domestic chamber piece. Dapper intelligence operative George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) is informed that there's a mole in his workplace, and his elegant wife Kathryn (Cate Blanchett) is one of the five key suspects. Seemingly unfazed, George invites the unsuspecting parties (all of whom are romantically linked) to a dinner at his and Kathryn's luxury London townhouse. Once he spikes the meal with truth serum, the gathering gets off to the races. David Koepp's witty, erudite screenplay recalls the acerbic drama of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as the guests - played beautifully by Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page and Industry star Marisa Abela - are denuded of their inhibitions. Words are louder than actions throughout, but Soderbergh's deft handling of the material (as director, cinematographer and editor) ensures that the absence of any expected punch-ups never matters. Fassbender proves a mesmerising presence throughout, whether putting his suspects through a polygraph test or facing the possibility his wife may be involved with stealing a device that would cause nuclear meltdown.
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rolenameGeorge WoodhouseMichael FassbenderKathryn St JeanCate BlanchettClarissa DuboseMarisa AbelaFreddie SmallsTom BurkeDr Zoe VaughanNaomie HarrisColonel James StokesRegé-Jean PageArthur StieglitzPierce Brosnan
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rolenameDirectorSteven Soderbergh
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Theatrical distributor
Universal
Released on
2025-03-14
Languages
English | German | Latin | French
Guidance
Violence, swearing, sexual references
Formats
Colour
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