2011 · mystery · thriller · drama
Page Eight
Directed by David Hare1h 39m2011
Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.
Our read: Page Eight (2011) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded mystery · thriller · drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, gentle mystery / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- gentle
- twisty
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“You want Bill Nighy MI5 melancholy, quiet intrigue, and autumnal British craft.”
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