Such a frustrating disappointment

Expected more

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Respectfully rendered adaptation of Martin Booth's meditation on the last days on ths job for a secretive enabler of hits, assassinations, etc. As much of the book is first person, it's hard to fault Clooney for failing at times to convey the full depth of the writer/protagonist's growing attachment to the Italian village, and possible normalcy, after a life of hiding and running. Alas, the ending was changed to suit someone, completely upending Booth's fine tale.

Utterly ghastly travesty of an adaptation. Cheapens the novel, terrible screenplay (Rowan Joffe), rotten direction (Anton Corbijn). I have known people who've seen this and said, "It's alright," and I suppose it is "alright" if you don't know how the subtle, deft, intelligent, English protagonist of a superbly original thriller has been turned into a sort of inarticulate American ex-Marine thug for George Clooney to portray.The somehow prevalent idea that Anton Corbijn is a classy art director is nonsense - he's a jumped-up music video shooter; look at the horrible mess he made of A Most Wanted Man. I certainly wish he'd done a few more Depeche Mode videos and left A Very Private Gentleman alone. Do yourself a favour: skip this garbage & order the book.

This is a very quiet film, which is not a bad thing, necessarily. It lives of its atmosphere and the immersion into the mind-sets of its protagonists, who have to act like pieces on a chess board, where the strong one may fall at the hand of a "weak one", if ones makes the wrong move at the right time. The scenery is nice, the actors do their job really pretty well, so, all could be good, till the script ends up with a massive blunder at the climax and with regards to the final twist, which feels extremely amateurish.Anybody, who is a little familiar with firearms knows, that each one is calibrated differently and that this may quickly change (e.g. if it is knocked, dropped etc.). This means, one has to learn and practise, how the gun currently aims, and repeat this regularly.In this film, the crucial last shot (which literally "backfires") takes place long after the gun has been handed over again. For the sake of the drama we are made to believe, that the first shot of this gun has been saved for the actual "performance" without a rehearsal - aaaargh! No experienced assassin would do this or risk this (or simply forget to practise and calibrate, when they can).Unfortunately, the climax completely relies on having to convince us of this erroneous assumption, which, in my view, eradicates a large part of the magic of the film, where we are meant to have a glimpse of a secret and quiet world of professionals, who are masters of their dark art.This technical error (or oversight) is plainly ridiculous and, unfortunately, spoiled my respect for the film significantly, actually irreparably.

OMG, this movie was horrible! Got sucked in because I love Clooney, and his body of work. That caused me to be misled on this one. The movie was cheesy & shallow. It was also devoid of any real emotion, & was over-acted. The gratuitous nude shots couldn't even save it. We know nothing about the characters, or why anything is happening. Therefore, i really didn't care what happened. I felt no connection to any of them, nor any reason to follow the events. The movie ended, & I felt so taken for granite. Sure wish I was warned before I wasted a movie opty. Next time I'll do more homework. Pls return me the favor by posting your reviews. We gotta help each other.