Hopscotch

"Hopscotch" (1980)

Directed by Ronald Neame

This is a cute movie about an old CIA spy (an amusing Walter Matthau) who decides to play a game and publish his memoirs on the run, as retribution against his younger managers who have decided to have him retire behind a filing cabinet. The film is quietly funny, but the plot is, strangely, not all that compelling, nor is the film half as clever as it thinks it is. "Hopscotch" also features a preachy theme that pushes for accountability and truth in the government, which I suppose makes sense given that the film was released only a few years after Watergate.

Rating: 6

First Viewed: 6/12/08
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