Hanks... carries the film as a kind of Cold War Atticus Finch, a husband and father and an American idealist who refuses to betray his client simply because he’s a Soviet spy, and he portrays Donovan’s essential integrity and loyalty without sentiment.

| Jul 21, 2024

Boasting a deliberate and measured direction of tack-sharp screenplay, it smoothly coasts through themes of privilege, rights, and repute, balancing each in its subtext without making them feel like incomplete lip-service throwaways.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 9, 2024

As an expertly crafted historical drama of intrigue and high character, there's not a thing wrong with it, but not everything Spielberg puts out can be a timeless instant classic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 18, 2024

Steady and compelling storytelling nestled in a wonderfully rendered Cold War setting.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2022

There are no directing bells and whistles here, just a grown-up story expertly told.

| Jul 11, 2022

From start to finish, Bridge of Spies is an engrossing, expertly made picture from Spielberg, and its historical merits, paired with its contemporary political relevancies, make it a supremely important American film for today.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 12, 2022

Bridge of Spies truly celebrates the dignity of each human person and the respect due each one, whether or not that person is our closest friend, an in-need stranger, or our worst enemy.

| Sep 13, 2021

Has a lot of talk about spy craft, but an espionage thriller it is not.

| Original Score: B | Aug 29, 2021

It may not be a masterpiece, but it is a damn strong piece of cinema.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 18, 2021

Just a pretty basic, solid, old-fashioned thing - it's middle-aged men stumbling around in snow banks. But compelling ones!

| Jul 2, 2021

Tom Hanks is pleasant and convincing as a war hero of the non-combatant kind, humanized through plenty of humor.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 4, 2020

Bridge of Spies features Spielberg as master storyteller.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 4, 2020

Bridge of Spies sheds relatively little light on a critical epoch.

| Aug 20, 2020

Bridges of Spies presents a piece of history that people will know for generations to come.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 18, 2020

Stellar pieces never come together like they need to, or like they could have.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 3, 2020

[E]xplaining the tonal disjunction[:] The film is about the spy-swap, yes, but the symbolic level is also about reaffirming American values of justice.

| Jul 1, 2020

An excellent drama capable of creating tension through dialogue. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 28, 2020

It is a very cunning spy thriller that follows the path of Spielberg's historical films. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 26, 2020

The real power of Bridge of Spies is that it adheres to a sadly old-fashioned code of decency and equal justice for all under the law.

| Feb 13, 2020

Working from an excellent screenplay by Matt Charman that was rewritten by Joel and Ethan Coen, both Hanks and Spielberg are at the top of their game.

| Jan 10, 2020