Page Eight (2011)

PAGE EIGHT  (2011)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: David Hare
    Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon,
    Judy Davis, Felicity Jones, Saskia Reeves,
    Ralph Fiennes, Alice Krige, Marthe Keller
Spy-vs.-spy stuff, starring Bill Nighy as British intelligence analyst Johnny Worricker, who gets into a lot of trouble because a) he's good at his job, and b) he tells the truth. Not many guns get fired in this. There are no bang-up car chases. Nothing explodes. Just a bunch of spooks calculating, maneuvering, spinning what they know and trying to outsmart each other. Rachel Weisz plays Johnny's neighbor across the hall. Ralph Fiennes plays the prime minister. Judy Davis and Michael Gambon play a couple of Johnny's colleagues in the trade. For a movie made for television - well, okay, British television - that's a hell of a cast.