Three Days of the Condor
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Movie Reviews of Three Days of the Condor
Movie Review: great spy tale of a CIA analyst forced to fight an unknown enemy
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful film, perhaps Pollack's best. From the moment it begins, with Redford as a sensitive and bookish CIA desk employee, the story carries you along with mystery, fear, and fascination. Redford is not an expert assassin or spy, but a reluctant amateur, who is thrown into a situation completely frightening to him. He must figure out how to fend for himself, and he does so effectively and even brilliantly, first hiding and then figuring out what is happening and who is responsible. He is wonderfully believable, even when he becomes deadly. Faye Dunaway is brilliantly convincing as the beautiful lost soul who eventually helps him, a lonely artist he meets in a chance encounter. But the resolution is also a jarring surprise, which I shuld not reveal here. Although this film reflects the cynicism of post-Watergate America, compared to the complacent twits we hve in DC now, it looks tame.
Warmly recommended. It is not dated, but still feels current. The actors are wonderful and you can view it multiple times in search of subtleties.
Movie Review: pollack and redford craft a fine thriller that like most post watergate movies sees the goverment as a giant that could kill
Summary: 5 Stars
after watergate the country felt that the goverment had become this lomming preasence in our lives and that when it wanted to it could reach out and distroy you if it wanted to. in this air of miss trust many thrillers came out built around that theory.
as our movie begins redford(very good as the everyman in the story) is a "reader" for the c.i.a. which means he reads books to see if any secrets or plots that might affect the agence aren't being put out. one day he goes to lunch and when he gets back he finds everyone in his office dead. scared he calls in and the c.i.a. says they will bring him "in" and protect him. they even send a friend to get him. when they meet the friend is killed and "condor"(redfords code name) is left on his own to try and find out what is going on.
the movie does a great job of making you feel the pressure and overwelming feeling that a giant has you and is about to crush you. if you like thrillers,or just like good movies this is one for you.
Movie Review: A movie that stands the test of time
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie when it first came out so cannot review the quality of the DVD transfer (yet). I highly recommend the film, despite its flaws (such as the one-dimensional "girl" role that Faye Dunaway's acting nonetheless managed to imbue with more than the script contained). The times have changed but the message and quality of the film are timeless, and it is well worth seeing.
I do want to suggest that anyone who has not yet seen the film read the review "Why? More to the point, why me?" -- BUT ONLY AFTER SEEING THE MOVIE. It is a very intelligent and interesting review, but it gives away a crucial plot point that will lose its impact on first-time viewers if read beforehand.
(Please, reviewers--remember the guidelines say not to give away important plot points, something that too many reviews in the press and media do nowadays. Ruins a good movie for those who haven't yet seen it.)
Movie Review: excellent spy movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie reminds me of the movie "A Beautiful Mind" and a dozen other movies which tantalize the imagination with "big brother' themes. From mathematicians who believe the entire universe can be described using the magic of numbers to religious adherents who see ancient encrypted codes governing the secrets of mankind "Three days of the Condor" is one of many movies trying to explain that which baffles most people's minds. We drudge the ocean floor seeking rare pearls hidden in the mouths of otherwise practically worthless bivalves and pan for gold in the muddy waters of practically inaccessible waterways and get the notion that what is valuable in life is that which is obscured from normal view. Words and numbers have different meanings to different people and for those seeking secrets hidden in their perceptions of the symbols of the world around us will love this movieMovie Review: Shades of Valerie Plame and Brewster-Jennings
Summary: 5 Stars
Joe Turner (Robert Redford) works at the American Literary Society of America (ALS House)...actually a CIA front located in Manhattan where research of an interesting kind is conducted. Turner and colleagues read everything that's published in the world, looking for new ideas, leaks, codes or indications of on-going foreign intelligence operations. Shortly after Turner sends a report off to Langley, HQ concerning a novel that did not sell well but nevertheless was translated into an odd assortment of foreign languages, the young CIA officer's life is turned upside down. Turner returns with lunch for the ALS House and finds everyone dead! Who committed the crime? I won't say, but the Karl Rove/Valerie Plame/Brewster-Jennings scandel isn't far off the mark. Probably the best and, sad to say, most realistic espionage movie ever made.