Film Forum

U.S., 2015
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Matt Charman and Joel & Ethan Coen
With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan
Approx. 142 min. 4K DCP.

“In a knockout and near-wordless intro, a long-faced canvas painter (Mark Rylance, magnetic) finishes an oil in his 1957 Brooklyn apartment, makes his way to the park, picks up a secret coin under a bench containing a tiny folded document, and eventually gets picked up by the Feds on his tail. He's Rudolf Abel, the real-life Soviet spy who is then charged with espionage. But the decent, often feisty man at the film's centre is James Donovan (Tom Hanks), the lawyer who, at great risk to his family, defended Abel's life as a matter of due process and integrity.” – Time Out

Reviews

“Tom Hanks lends his considerable Honest John appeal to this fascinating cold war drama.”
– Chicago Reader