Mélanie Laurent

Cuts the whimsy with melancholy...its case of the cutes isn’t terminal.

So preposterous in its particulars, so ludicrous in its lowdown, that you're liable to kick yourself silly for having bothered to play along.

At times one feels there's an interesting film here struggling to break free (free as a bird!)...but what's made it to screen sends eyes aloft in its symbolism and its character dynamics.

A functional spy thriller and, more importantly, an intriguing character study of two men shaped by hatred.