The game occasionally attempts to mix in some platforming sections, forgetting that unless handled with utmost skill first - person platforming is usually more frustrating than anything else. (wolfsgamingblog.com)
Critics Consensus: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a dense puzzle of anxiety, paranoia, and espionage that director Tomas Alfredson pieces together with utmost skill. (rottentomatoes.com)
We civilized men... do our utmost to check the process of elimination; we build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed, and the sick; we institute poor laws; and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of everyone to the last moment.... (firstthings.com)