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It almost works. Actually, it does work, hitting the requisite number of hip notes. It just doesn’t dazzle, and that’s kind of a surprise.
Armie Hammer has given several of the worst performances in recent years — see, or rather don’t, “Mirror Mirror” and “J. Edgar.” The big surprise in The Man from U.N.C.L.E is that Henry Cavill is even worse.
While The Man From U.N.C.L.E. probably isn’t any less of a caricature of its period than Sherlock Holmes, it carries its fakeness with more snap in its step. The imaginary intrigue it generates is fleeting, but often beautiful.