Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Too much of everything

Redundant and unnecessary.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

"Did you know the mailman?" Hey buddy, I AM the mailman! Anyway, there's only 3 days, not 6 like the book, but this is still a pretty good adaptation! And on it's own merits, it's a pretty good movie! Condor reads books for the CIA, but stumbles onto something, and all hell breaks loose in NYC! Cool to see New York back then, but the images of the World Trade Center made me a bit sad. Still, Max Von Sydow is always an awesome "bad guy" and his role in here was no exception. It's funny, I feel like he was sort of like a precursor to Javier Bardem's character Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men"! Just felt similar to me. Good movie from a good book, no matter how many days are in the title!

I don't know what it is about this film that I like so much. Is it the idea of Robert Redford as the everyman, in over his head? Is it the beautiful Faye Dunaway, who is sexy and formidable? Is it Max Von Sydow from all those Bergman films holding forth on how the world is controlled by a small group of people? Then there is the constant pursuit where wits are needed or it's the end. So a previous reviewer talked about Hitchcock. This is a fast pace Hitchcock film. Like Cary Grant and Robert Donat, Robert Redford is only able to survive the overwhelming odds by getting a confederate, a woman, to help him. Redford is continually amazed at how he has left one frying pan to leap into the fire. And in the end, we are given one of those very unsettling statements that floor us. Watch this really cool film to see where all this goes.

'Condor' is a classic. It has classic stars like Redford, Dunaway, Von Sydow, Robertson and Houseman; it has a classic 1970's look. But yet, I could not get into it. All the characters are believable (save for perhaps Dunaway's too-easy willingness to help her captive – "Stockholm Syndrome", perhaps?) and the storyline is just. But perhaps I've seen one too many Government Conspired-inspired films over so many years that makes this one just another entry into the paranoia film genre. Granted, it's 1975 at the height of Watergate, so during its original release, it may have rang out especially sensitive back then. But in 2016 in the midst of general public mistrust of the US Government, this movie comes at little to no surprise. It's a decent watch but I found it drag in a few areas at least until the puzzle pieces start to come together.

A timeless and nearly perfect, trenchantly suspenseful gem. Shy of a masterpiece only due to points subtracted for minor period-associated chintz, as well as a slightly ambiguous, minimally confusing story line.Although it is a certifiable CIA spy thriller, complete with uniquely choreographed and unforgettable action sequences, the film is seasoned-- thankfully with just the right amount-- of a smartly interwoven romance between Redford and Dunaway.The pair are an inexplicably perfect match not only for each other, but also for the manner in which they romantically connect, and in so doing define and tastefully season via their elegantly directed partnership.They share a rare and magical cinematic chemistry, and are able to evoke an intensely personal and poignant connection, with The City of New York as if a character in its own right, as Owen Roizman's dreamlike cinematography provides an ethereal backdrop to Sydney Pollack's well-suited, complementary directing.