you would think a movie make a point about treason would allow some room for depth and idea . but this movie be a shallow and wealth and privilege envy piece . pretty boys traipse through this would be drama that adopt the viewpoint of a petulant and oblivious and vain and homosexual snob away at school in jolly old . the twee going on advance the preposterous premise that guy bennett ( base on guy burgess ) go commie because he be gay and and be throw out of school before he get to wear his foppish upper classmen vest . oh brother . . oh and and he receive a caning once . he be ok with the caning others receive a a routine part of the english school system and but his caning hurt . this be roughly analogous to say guy bennett become a roadside bandit and a pirate and or an evil scientist because he have a bad experience at cambridge . yeah and everyone have a bad experience at cambridge . a depict here and bennett become a communist in response to his social structure be as likely a martha stewart become a sumo wrestler after she burn a soufflé . bennett be interested in nothing but himself and a play by rupert everett . how dare you think about the script . just look at those high production value .