The Little Drummer Girl
Warner Bros. | Release Date: October 19, 1984 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The Little Drummer Girl lacks the two essential qualities it needs to work: It's not comprehensible, and it's not involving. Read full review
50
The New York TimesVincent Canby
What the film demonstrates most obviously is that when there is this much plot on the screen, there isn't time for actors to develop anything much in the way of plausibility of characterization. Read full review
50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A disappointingly flat film adaptation of one of John Le Carre's top novels. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldLaurie Horn
The great strength of Le Carre's novel was that it twisted the psyches of the characters as it tensed their muscles. This movie muscles through the action, but it takes the psychic tension out of the twists. [19 Oct 1984, p.D6]
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
The tragedy of these two peoples, killing each other because each has just claims to the same plot of ground, is presented with efficient, impersonal evenhandedness, so that we care about neither of them.
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