The Courier

Unrated

1/24/20201h 52m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Based on the incredible true story of a businessman turned spy. ~

Overview:

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Director:

Dominic Cooke

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$26,000,000.00

Key words:

central intelligence agency (cia)
undercover
cold war
based on true story
mi6
british spy
russian spy

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

~ as ~

Greville Wynne

Merab Ninidze

~ as ~

Oleg Penkovsky

Rachel Brosnahan

~ as ~

Emily Donovan

Jessie Buckley

~ as ~

Sheila Wynne

Angus Wright

~ as ~

Dickie Franks

Kirill Pirogov

~ as ~

Gribanov

Iva Šindelková

~ as ~

Embassy Assistant

Vladimir Chuprikov

~ as ~

Nikita Khrushchev

Fred Haig

~ as ~

Lee

Emma Penzina

~ as ~

Nina

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Reviews (3)

sykobanana
Written 4 year(s) ago
8
Cumberbatch shines in this 1960's Cold War spy thriller. This movie is worth watching just for Cumberbatch's performance alone (this is probably his best so far), but he is also backed up by the talented Brosnahan and Ninidze.

This film doesnt run at a fast pace, but if you have patience, it is a little known and extremely rewarding part of history. (More Bridge of Spies than Tom Clancy).
JPV852
Written 4 year(s) ago
8
Well made and suspense-filled historical-thriller with another great performance from Benedict Cumberbatch. Doesn't exactly have an emotional impact but still well worth checking out. 3.75/5
r96sk
Written 3 year(s) ago
9
Excellent!

It's not quite 'Bridge of Spies', but 'The Courier' is too an awesome MI6/CIA/KGB infused flick. The two films tell tales regarding the Cold War, with the 2015 release narrowly a notch above this. Both have outstanding lead performances though.

Benedict Cumberbatch is magnificent throughout, especially towards the end - the bald look suits him incredibly well, I must say... need him in a drug kingpin sorta role looking like that! In all seriousness though, I think this is my favourite Cumberbatch performance (from what I've seen thus far) - utterly brilliant!

Merab Ninidze (also in BoS, albeit minorly) also puts in a top display, as he does in television's 'McMafia'. Jessie Buckley also gives a performance of note, which says a lot about her acting abilities given she doesn't feature all that heavily.

Astutely paced, builds terrific tension and features some cracking acting. Fantastic film!