The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee (Timothy Hutton) and his drug pusher childhood friend (Sean Penn with amazing hair) who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Roger Ebert gave it a perfect four-star rating, citing one of the many strengths as that "it succeeds, in an admirably matter-of-fact way, in showing us exactly how these two young men got in way over their heads. This is a movie about spies, but it is not a thriller in any routine sense of the word. It's just the meticulously observant record of how naiveté, inexperience, misplaced idealism and greed led to one of the most peculiar cases of treason in American history." I give this film a solid rating because of Sean Penn's hair. This was before he had really broken out into a highly-respected actor. (Now that I think about it, where did he go?) He makes the story fun with his character, and whether or not his portrayal is accurate matters very little because it is still fun no matter what.
Roger Ebert gave it a perfect four-star rating, citing one of the many strengths as that "it succeeds, in an admirably matter-of-fact way, in showing us exactly how these two young men got in way over their heads. This is a movie about spies, but it is not a thriller in any routine sense of the word. It's just the meticulously observant record of how naiveté, inexperience, misplaced idealism and greed led to one of the most peculiar cases of treason in American history." I give this film a solid rating because of Sean Penn's hair. This was before he had really broken out into a highly-respected actor. (Now that I think about it, where did he go?) He makes the story fun with his character, and whether or not his portrayal is accurate matters very little because it is still fun no matter what.