
A Palestinian bomber has killed an Israeli diplomat and his family and the Israeli plot to neutralise him becomes convoluted as they select an American Actress (Charlie) to impersonate the Bomber's brother's girlfriend after the Israeli's capture and kill the brother. Charlie is placed into a world where she begins being an actress, then becomes a spy, then is trained by the Palestinians as a guerrilla and finally is sent to deliver a bomb. She is chronically confused by how ... (Full plot summary below)
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A Palestinian bomber has killed an Israeli diplomat and his family and the Israeli plot to neutralise him becomes convoluted as they select an American Actress (Charlie) to impersonate the Bomber's brother's girlfriend after the Israeli's capture and kill the brother. Charlie is placed into a world where she begins being an actress, then becomes a spy, then is trained by the Palestinians as a guerrilla and finally is sent to deliver a bomb. She is chronically confused by how far she is really supposed to go in her impersonations and how much of herself she must give up.
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| NewsweekJack KrollLittle Drummer Girl is the most trenchant, chilling vision of the psychological fallout of spying since Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyIntriguing and complex but not entirely satisfying, George Roy Hill's version of Le Carre's novel suffers from the weak performance (perhaps even miscasting) of Diane Keaton in the lead role. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioLike an enchanted escape artist, director George Roy Hill has pulled off that rarest of Hollywood feats -- the thriller of ideas. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyThe Little Drummer Girl lacks the two essential qualities it needs to work: It's not comprehensible, and it's not involving. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordUnderrated thriller with a typically solid Keaton performance |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyWhat the film demonstrates most obviously is that when there is this much plot on the screen, there isn't time for actors to develop anything much in the way of plausibility of characterization. |
| Miami HeraldLaurie HornCrammed into 130 minutes of screen time, Le Carre's story loses much of its motivation, and although there is plenty of action and suspense, often it seems that the action is happening in the wrong places to the wrong people. |
| User ReviewCarlos MA young girl's initiation into the dark world of the Mossad. |
| User ReviewMorris NExcellent performances and a believable story. I don't understand why some reviewers took issue with it. I was engrossed by all of it, found it easy to follow, and felt it did justice to the human cost on both sides of the Israel / Palestine conflict. Worth seeing. |
| User ReviewChris KI quite liked this film. But then again I had the hots for Diane Keaton - yeah I know I was the only bloke in the world who would admit to this. Anyway I always liked it. |