Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)/YMMV


 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment Prideaux killing a bird.
 * Justified in the original novel, where it foreshadows how
 * It also demonstrates how on edge Prideaux could be, how brutally violent he could be, and how unhinged he was that he didn't give a thought to how it would impact the schoolboys.
 * Also, Lacon buttering a toast really, really loudly during his meeting with Bland and Alleline.
 * This troper thought it represented his lack of respect for the spies and his impatience with having to deal with them.
 * Narrowed It Down to The Guy I Recognise: A lot of viewers guessed that the traitor is  character purely on the strength of him being.
 * Tear Jerker:Irina's fate
 * They Changed It, Now It Sucks: Peter Hitchens' review of the film was essentially a point-by-point list of every alteration from the novel, and why each was a change for the worse.
 * Waistcoat of Style: Almost all the male characters have one. Guillam's fits him very well indeed.