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	DVD Review: Tailor Of Panama
		Talk about typecasting; director John Boorman's "Tailor Of Panama" had many going in thinking they were going to see Pierce Brosnan in some sort of "indie-Bond" picture.
		The tailor tells everyone that he's one half of a famed clothing company, but it's simply all a sheld covering up the man's past; that he did a stint in prison and may have other details about the politics in the region.
		Final Thoughts: "Tailor of Panama" doesn't always work in terms of story, but I enjoyed it simply as a showcase for two great actors obviously enjoying their roles.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews4/tailorofpanamadvd.html (1173 words)

	The Tailor of Panama
		Tailor is about a down and out British spy, Andy Osnard, sent to Panama to think about his sins—rather vaguely alluded to, but it seems he has helped some wives--not his own--go astray.
		Neither of them seem to care whether the tailor considers a little old thing called truth—a commodity which seems to be in short supply or demand in Panama, or at least, this film’s version of Panama.
		Pendel, the tailor, carries a heavy load of emotional baggage and secrets, given weird life by quick glimpses of playwright Harold Pinter as—gee, if I even tell you whom he is playing, I would be giving away something you need to find out for yourself.
	www.peanut.org /users/mike/text/tailorop.htm (719 words)

	The Tailor of Panama (2001) Movie Review - The Hollywood News
		What really took me off guard in The Tailor of Panama, is how funny it is. I expected a straight faced spy and espionage thriller, and while the picture has a fare share of that, it also has a rather strange sense of humor.
		The Tailor of Panama is also punctuated with a great ending in which every character gets what's coming to them.
		As a spy flick, I wouldn't rank The Tailor of Panama with David Mamet's brilliant The Spanish Prisoner, but it is entertaining nonetheless, and it should also be noted that for a Brosnan movie, I liked it more then The Thomas Crown Affair and that last crappy James Bond flick.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/archive/2001/the-tailor-of-panama.php (408 words)

	THE TAILOR OF PANAMA
		Tailor is receiving mostly glowing marks from critics around the country, but I have a suspicion that their praise has more to do with the crappy teen flicks that have populated 2001's calendar than the film's actual merit.
		His assignment is to befriend a person of power in Panama City in an attempt to learn whether the government plans on selling the Panama Canal to a country that the U.S. and Britain aren't particularly fond of (the opening credits feature a weird history lesson on the Canal).
		Tailor is mostly unsatisfying, especially since it's John Boorman's follow-up to the brilliant film The General (which also starred Gleeson).
	www.sick-boy.com /tailorofpanama.htm (704 words)

	Amazon.com: The Tailor of Panama: DVD: Pierce Brosnan,Jamie Lee Curtis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tailors are the secret-keepers of the power elite; customize fine apparel for the rich and powerful, and you'll hear things only whispered in the halls of government.
		Such is the sly conceit of The Tailor of Panama, coadapted by John le Carré from his own novel, and directed by John Boorman with a delicious spin on the traditions of the spy genre.
		When the tailor does not discover any information and is squeezed for it (because he has debts due), he makes it up stories about a "silent opposition," the machinations of the French and Chinese to acquire the Canal, and the negotiations of a corrupt government for its sale.
	www.amazon.com /Tailor-Panama-Pierce-Brosnan/dp/B00003CXWG (2297 words)

	"The Tailor of Panama" - Salon
		"The Tailor of Panama" is a charade of two men using each other for their own ends, one of them (Harry) more likable than the other, but neither of them exactly innocent.
		The potential for real danger isn't extricable from the tone of sophisticated irony, and since neither Harry's nor Osnard's motives are pure, "The Tailor of Panama" may throw audiences who want their reactions clean-cut.
		The fun of the picture is in the slyness the actors bring to the ever-shifting situation (there are good bits from Jon Polito as a swindling banker and Dylan Baker as a gung-ho U.S. general), and in the palpable pleasure Boorman takes in his own ability to juggle tones.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/review/2001/03/30/tailor_panama/?pn=1 (677 words)

	The Tailor of Panama movie review
		Andy is assigned to Panama due to problems in his previous assignment but doesn't spend any time at all sulking about the downturn in his career.
		Seems that his instincts are as good as ever when the tailor turns out to have inside access to virtually everyone of importance in Panama, from the President all the way to the leader of a silent opposition.
		Furthermore, his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) is the assistant to the man in charge of the Panama Canal, which is exactly what Andy is supposed to be keeping an eye on.
	www.moviesforguys.com /drama/reviews/thetailorofpanama.shtml (445 words)

	Amazon.com: The Tailor of Panama: Books: John Le Carre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Tailor of Panama is something else entirely: a spy novel with no spies in which the bad guys reap most of the rewards.
		Tailor of Panama is brilliant; it's only defect is that, being very good, it became the source of a very bad movie.
		Panama city and its characters are portrayed in a rich and elegant manner.
	www.amazon.com /Tailor-Panama-John-Carre/dp/0345420438 (2320 words)

	LIGHT VIEWS FILM REVIEW: THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		So begins "When Harry Met Andy," I mean, "The Tailor of Panama," a cloying spy thriller based on a novel by John La Carre.
		Geoffrey Rush is the best thing about "The Tailor of Panama." What Osnard doesn't realize is that Harry is in it for himself as well, and isn't above conning the con man. That means feeding Osnard false information in exchange for money.
		With everyone using everyone else, you would think there would be plenty of opportunity for suspense and mystery, yet "The Tailor of Panama" is suspiciously flat.
	www.lightviews.com /tailorofpanama.htm (783 words)

	'Tailor of Panama, The'
		Yes, that's Pierce Brosnan playing a British secret agent in the film adaptation of espionage master John le Carre's 1996 novel "The Tailor of Panama." But any resemblance to that other Brosnan movie spy -- some fella named Bond, James Bond -- is strictly satirical.
		His unwilling accomplice is the tailor of the title, Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush), who makes suits for Panama's elite and enjoys the company of his loving wife, Louisa (Jamie Lee Curtis), and family.
		But she doesn't know about the skeletons in his closet or about the debts about to crush him under the thumbs of the respectable businessmen who are swindling him.
	www.post-gazette.com /movies/20010420tailor9.asp (454 words)

	The Tailor of Panama
		As I watched the first two thirds of "The Tailor of Panama" I could not help but to compare it to the 1960 Alec Guinness spy spoof, "Our Man in Havana." Both films are about a hapless everyman who is drawn into the spy game.
		As you would expect from a story about a tailor, costuming, by Maeve Paterson, is exceptional, especially the suits of Harry's design and the casual suavity of Brosnan's attire.
		Adapted from the John le Carre novel by the author, director John Boorman ("The General") and Andrew Davies, "The Tailor of Panama is a cheeky lark about an immoral agent playing colleagues, superiors and countries against each other to his own benefit while spinning an 'innocent' tailor into a duplicitous stew.
	www.reelingreviews.com /thetailorofpanama.htm (1502 words)

	THE TAILOR OF PANAMA; Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, CinemaSense.Com Review.
		Sadly, that is the case with the Tailor of Panama.
		The actor went as far as taking tailoring lessons in order to deliver a fascinating suit-cutting scene and to look confident with the chalk during many of his delightfully embellished exchanges with Andy in the claustrophobic fitting room.
		In one scene, the background could be a larger than life cruise liner, squeezing through the Panama Canal; in another, it could be a passing glance into the overcrowded one-room residences of the poor.
	www.cinemasense.com /Reviews/tailor_of_panama.htm (616 words)

	The Tailor of Panama
		Geoffrey Rush is shaken (not stirred) by Pierce Brosnan in "The Tailor of Panama"
		In John Boorman's adaptation of "The Tailor of Panama," Brosnan once again borrows from the past, but this time around, he delivers one of his better performances.
		After 75 years of being run by the US Army, the Panama Canal is back in the hands of its own government.
	www.moviemantz.com /movie_reviews/401/tailor_of_panama.html (407 words)

	PreViewed DVD - DVD Review - The Tailor of Panama
		The real treat of The Tailor of Panama is not the story, although it does nicely tweak conventional spy movie clichés without ever going over to a full Austin Powers spoof.
		The Tailor of Panama is not a spy movie in the tradition of a James Bond film, but that's a good thing in this case.
		The Tailor of Panama is shown in 2.35:1 widescreen, and is anamorphically enhanced.
	www.previeweddvd.com /T/tailor_of_panama.htm (839 words)

	THE TAILOR OF PANAMA A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review
		Panama, a country described as a Casablanca without heroes.
		The tailor?s greatest fear is that his wife will discover his past.
		Although Harry Pendel (the Tailor) attempts to tell "small" untruths for somewhat noble purposes (to avoid family strife, to help Panamanian friends in need), the corrupt world he finds himself in turns these "minor embellishments" on the truth into an horrendous climax.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /tailor_panama.htm (767 words)

	AboutFilm.com - The Tailor of Panama (2001)
		The latest Le Carré screen adaptation is The Tailor of Panama; a story that Le Carré freely acknowledges was inspired by Greene's satirical Our Man in Havana (which itself became a film in 1960, directed by Carol Reed and starring Alec Guinness).
		Osnard's new assignment is in Panama, where the Canal has just been handed over by the United States to the Panamanian Government, which, according to one character, consists of "30 ruling families, their lawyers, and their bankers." Not much has changed since Papa Bush invaded Panama to remove Noriega.
		The Tailor of Panama is co-written and directed by John Boorman (Deliverance, Excalibur, Hope and Glory), whose skills are often superior to his choice of material.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/t/tailorofpanama.htm (826 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "The Tailor of Panama"
		He quickly strikes a deal with a debt-ridden tailor, by which money would be exchanged for information that the tailor overhears from his distinguished clientele.
		It was funny to see him squirm from scene to scene, and he reminded me a lot of William H. Macy's Oscar nominated character from FARGO (7/10).
		In fact, the whole relationship between the disgraced spy and the shaky tailor was the cornerstone of the film, as each man so obviously tried to overcome the failures of their respective pasts.
	www.joblo.com /tailorofpanama.htm (1449 words)

	The Tailor of Panama Review on AudioRevolution.com
		"Tailor" can be taken as an allegory about all sorts of things, even Hollywood (good-hearted, powerless dreamer exploited by unimaginative but ruthless, cunning manipulator).
		The performances are memorably good, but the characters are so outsized that they don’t fit entirely comfortably with the movie’s more sober points about lethal abuse of power and the dangerous credulity of officials who are looking for excuses to justify use of force.
		"The Tailor of Panama" is a little too tongue-in-cheek to have real impact and a little too realistic to qualify as a cheery diversion, but it’s plot is intriguing and Brosnan and Rush both do work worth watching.
	www.avrev.com /movies/tailorofpanama/index.html (850 words)

	The Tailor of Panama (2001) review by Coffee
		The Tailor of Panama was the fourth and final picture that Jacinda and I saw at the Berlin Film Festival.
		In Panama he meets the gentlemanly tailor Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush) whom he quickly recognizes as an imposter.
		And while the tailor spins his unlikely tale mostly to mend his finances Andy Osnard is so ambitious that he will sell his dimwitted boss a conspiracy leading to a global crisis that only exists in theory.
	www.criticsociety.com /review.asp?id=179 (518 words)

	Movie Spoiler for the film - TAILOR OF PANAMA
		So, it's off to Panama for Osnard, whose main objective is to snoop around the Panama Canal, and see how the American-Panamanian ties are at the moment.
		Since the American attack on Panama is imminent, the airports are closed, except for British or American citizens.
		Tailor Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush, right) may be known for his fine suits, but British spy Andrew Osnard (Pierce Brosnan) has more than haberdashery to discuss with the ex-con in the Columbia Pictures spy thriller, The Tailor of Panama - 2001
	www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/tailorofpanama.html (1180 words)

	The Tailor Of Panama - Movie Review
		In The Tailor of Panama -- based on John Le Carré's novel and directed by John Boorman (Beyond Rangoon, Zardoz) -- Brosnan trades in the sophistication of James Bond for the identity of crude, disgraced spy Andy Osnard, an MI-6 operative that has to be shipped off to Panama on account of his loathsome behavior.
		Not only does he serve as the tailor for virtually everyone in Panamanian society (including the President), he also has a past that includes a stint in prison.
		The Tailor of Panama is hardly a great movie -- but maybe it's because it's just too soon for Noriega-era nostalgia.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/thetailorofpanama (501 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - The Tailor Of Panama
		Five years after John Le Carré's best-selling novel "The Tailor of Panama" first appeared, a film adaptation produced and directed by veteran filmmaker John Boorman was released earlier this year by Columbia.
		I'm not sure if it's true that The Tailor of Panama is the first major film ever shot in Panama (as claimed elsewhere on the disc), but it's sure nice to see a spy film set somewhere other than in the usual European major-city suspects.
		The Tailor of Panama is an intelligent, well written and acted film that goes against the conventions of its genre.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/tailorpanama.php (1716 words)

	MovieThumbs.com - The Tailor Of Panama (2001) movie review
		However, in his latest flick, "The Tailor Of Panama," he is as un-James Bond as he can get, except for the fact that his character has his way with women the way James Bond does.
		In "The Tailor Of Panama," Brosnan is Andy Osnard, a British spy on the bad side of the M16, so he's banished to Panama.
		Overall, "The Tailor Of Panama" is a clever movie exemplifying the hard fact that all is not necessarily what it seems to be.
	www.moviegurus.com /moviereviews/2001/thetailorofpanama2001.php (733 words)

	CNN.com - Entertainment - Review: 'Tailor of Panama' will suit you - March 30, 2001
		The movie is set in 1999 during the international controversy over control of the Panama Canal, ceded over to to the Panamanian government in an agreement reached in the 1970s by the administration of President Jimmy Carter.
		After all, Osnard figures, Panama for years was the worldwide center for money-laundering and drug-dealing: Something nasty must be happening somewhere.
		Since Osnard's bosses in England are nervous about the future of one of the world's most important free trade routes, Pendel obliges the disgraced spy by spinning a tale about Panamanian plot to sell the canal to a cartel made up of the French, Japanese and Chinese governments.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/30/review.tailor (881 words)

	Reel Criticism - The Tailor Of Panama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Whereas in the world of "The Tailor Of Panama", a much more realistic one, he is sent off to what is first considered a low level assignment in Panama.
		Once in Panama he quickly locates someone whom he believes can get him information on people of possible interest, that person being a tailor named Harry Pendel (played by Geoffrey Rush from Quills).
		While it is a beautifully shot film (I believe among the very first to actually be shot in Panama itself) that is a most troubling aspect of the film.
	www.reelcriticism.com /reviews/review_tailorofpanama.html (1061 words)

	BBC - Films - review - The Tailor of Panama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After the mighty oomph of "The General" (his last film), not to mention the early dazzle of both "Point Blank" and "Deliverance", expectations were riding high for John Boorman's "The Tailor of Panama", also because the novel's author, John le Carré, part-wrote the script.
		Brosnan is Andy Osnard, a hard-headed, boorish British spy who has been booted out of mainstream espionage only to find himself in Panama, where he has to stop the Canal from falling into the wrong hands.
		He is nudged, so he thinks, towards his goal by Cockney ex-con Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush), Panama's classiest tailor and a full-time fantasist whose tall tales of politics and crime cause an international crisis to erupt.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2001/04/12/the_tailor_of_panama_2001_review.shtml (433 words)

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