It is difficult to pin the film's achievement to one thing in particular, as everything concurs to exceptional brio: the pace, the characters' gaze, the silences, the lies we know and the truths we ignore, Smiley's dogged determination and physical fatigue, and the central question of loyalty and idealism in the most pragmatic of societies.
Everything concurs to outline a project that has the theme of the passage and thresholds as its reason for being.
But if nothing else, it's a pretty dire indictment of the current state of literature that one of our most popular authors has reduced her entire literary output to a friendly hand-puppet that concurs with everything she says.
The Spanish, as we all know, came, saw, and concurred virtually everything from Mexico southward, on horseback with swords drawn.
He said Em, Arie and Prassie "had a very honest conversation about the issue" in which Arie said the relationship was so long ago and so short, it didn't matter, and Emily concurred and everything was dandy.
"The richness of the art, the exquisite taste of the vocal part, the excellence of the voices, the justness of the execution, everything in these delightful concerts concurs to produce an impression... from which I am of opinion no heart is secure".
Steven L. Kessler, who represents Mrs. Bennett, concurred, saying she had "cooperated with absolutely everything" the government had asked for, turning over hundreds of pages of documents and submitting to depositions.
Both concur that prior to the shooting, almost everything that could have gone wrong did as a result of policy and standard practice being overlooked at every juncture.
Sophia of Square Enix Music Online concurred, terming it "An album with a little bit of everything" and "a must-have for any Final Fantasy fan".
Emery Emery, co-host of the Ardent Atheist podcast, concurs: "Comics like Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Bill Hicks and Paul Provenza are the philosophers of this age who lampoon everything we hold sacred".
Rita Mae Brown concurred, noting how divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
