I actually read the book first and found it plain stupid - being a combination of a totally predictable plot, idiotic characters, unrealistic scenes and Russians who could not even speak correct Russian. (Predictably enough, all Russians in the book were universally bad, except for the spies, spying against Russia.)

Even though I did not think it could possibly get any worse than the book, I will have to congratulate everyone involved in this production, as they have achieved the nearly impossible and made the movie even more stupid. All the issues with the book are, obviously, present in the movie, too - but they are amplified by fake accents, misleading visuals and totally stereotypical acting. Numerous scenes with partially or fully naked Jennifer Lawrence - which, as it looks like, were supposed to be the safety net - feel completely out-of-place and make it worse.

What's the point of this movie besides very thinly veiled propaganda? Frankly, I find the movie (and the book) insulting to any reasonable intelligence. What happened - have all the good stories vanished all of a sudden so now we are down to filming this sort of junk?

I can't believe Jeremy Irons - being the great actor he is - agreed to participate in this lunacy.