This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This is a well-made tribute to the "Quiller Memorandum", and "Funeral in Berlin" and films of that Cold War era -- anyway it felt like a tribute. All the dark East Berlin imagery, the Wall, the trains and trams and Trabants. Not everybody knows that there was no tram in East Berlin in 1989, but that doesn't make the slightest bit of difference -- the lengthy tram chase in pursuit of the nerve gas cannister is worth violation of reality. We have to wonder who knows much about East Berlin to begin with. We know that life was strict and the police reported on one another, and some of that comprehensive steel boot mentality is acknowledged, albeit lightly in this generally light-touch piece of memorabilia. -- Alan Mason, Film Features

This is an interesting take on the fall of the Berlin wall and the surrounding impact on the lives of the people. Though not always accurate, its heart is in the right place and reminds me of The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and all those great Cold War movies. Ironically, this is the last of its kind, and in a way a tribute to them. Marc Singer is a bit stiff but Stephen Davies and Mary Crosby inhabit their characters effectively.