A Spy among Friends (2022)
Show title: A Spy among Friends
IMDb score:
7,2 (8.333)
Episodes: 6
Playing time: 5 hour and 34 minutes
Developed by: Alexander Cary
Stars: Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce and Anna Maxwell Martin
Origin:
United Kingdom / United States
Releasedate: Thursday 8 December 2022
First aired on: ITVX (Verenigd Koninkrijk)
This season is not available on US streaming services.
Actors and Actresses
Sergei
Sir Anthony Blunt
Galina
Jane Sissmore
Elizabeth Elliott
Flora Solomon
Iris
Dr. Robert Thomas
Tim Milne
Guy Burgess
Orchis
Reviews & comments
Suitehome
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- 938 messages
- 663 votes
Atmospheric drama cannot be completely convincing.
The six-part British true-life drama A Spy Among Friends about the British spy Kim Philby (played by Guy Pearce) in the 1960s, is reminiscent of The Ipcress File, Spy City, Spy/Master and the work of John Le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier spy). In A Spy Among Friends we see a lot of silent play, pensive looks, posting secret agents, suggestion, flashbacks and a heavy dose of double meaning. But unfortunately little tension.
The slow A Spy Among Friends is based on the book by Ben Macintyre. The best role is reserved for a fictional character: Lily Thomas, subdued by Anna Maxwell-Martin. That is striking because the drama surrounding the British 'spy of the century' and his friendship with Nicholas Elliott (an excellent Damian Lewis - Billions, Homeland) has enough potential in itself. Who works for who now, is Philby loyal to Elliott, or is it all different? The puzzle is only put together in the last two episodes. The hope for an exciting spy thriller has long since gone up in cigarette smoke.
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Fransman
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- 3053 messages
- 2295 votes
stefano summarizes it well here. The series could not convince me completely. Excellent acting by Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis, and especially by Anna Maxwell-Martin as the persistent interrogator. No, this story does not have to rely on action, it is more like a kind of chess game with double meanings and the constant question of who is cheating on whom. I have to say that scene with the bus went through marrow and bone. When Damian Lewis played Nicolas Elliot, Sir Alec Guinness kept coming to mind.
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