Review – Hopscotch

A spy movie in which not a single person gets killed? Where’s the fun in that? Well, apparently there’s a great deal of fun to be had in this intriguing little story of an old-timer CIA agent who has a falling-out with his obnoxious boss and decides to publish his very-embarrassing memoirs. Walter Matthau is perfect for the lead role, and the rest of the cast does a solid job behind him. The most impressive thing about the picture (aside from the aforementioned lack of death) is the incredibly even mix of comedy and drama. It’s genuinely impossible to classify this either as a thriller with funny elements or a comedy with some serious espionage mixed in. Heck, even the script was good. Worth seeing