“When a cynical CIA man tries to lecture Donovan about means and...

“When a cynical CIA man tries to lecture Donovan about means and ends, the lawyer reminds him that the rules – meaning the justice system – are the defining aspect of American (for which we are meant to read “Western”) civilisation. It’s an observation that inspires a pang of nostalgia for the certainties of the Cold War (even if one of those certainties was imminent nuclear annihilation), but seems to have little to say to our modern world. Post September 11, 2001, Donovan’s America is gone. For all its cloying sentimentality, Bridge of Spies reminds us that we’re living in the wreckage.”

Bridge of Spies reviewed for The Weekly Review