Red Sparrow SPOILER-FREE Review
Run Time: 2 hours, 19 minutes
Rating: R
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons
Jennifer Lawrence is a rather versatile actor. Whether she's playing the leader of a revolution in The Hunger Games or a metaphorical Mother Nature in mother!, Lawrence is known for being as much of a chameleon with her acting as her character of Mystique is in the X-Men franchise. With Red Sparrow, Lawrence portrays Dominika, a desperate woman looking to take care of her sick mother, and will do this by any means necessary. The means are becoming a Red Sparrow, a special Russian operative who uses his or her body in order to seduce people for the betterment of the country. Dominika's task is to get close with an American CIA agent, played by Joel Edgerton. But it is never quite clear as to which side she is truly on, as she expertly plays both sides in this increasingly tense battle over intelligence between the two countries. Led by her Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence turns in another great performance, even if the film itself is too long and slowly paced.


Overall, Red Sparrow is entertaining enough, though it is hard to become fully invested in it. Jennifer Lawrence turns in a great performance, and does her best to keep you engaged in the film. However, everything stems from the fact that the screenplay is simply average. It isn't bad; I've seen far worse films. However, it isn't a great screenplay, and that leads to it being a mostly average movie. While it is an interesting story with a lot of great twists and turns, the pacing is too slow and the film overall is too long. These factors dilute a lot of the better aspects of the movie. The main mission Dominika goes on is not nearly as compelling as her time in the Academy is, and it makes you wish the film was restructured a bit to give more emphasis to this beginning part, as it is the best part of the movie. The film doesn't have any real action sequences which, surprisingly enough, I didn't find myself missing. In the end, Red Sparrow has all the makings for a great film. However, it doesn't quite work out to be that. But that does not mean it is a bad movie. There is enough in Red Sparrow to keep me entertained and invested, even if it is only mildly.
3.5/5
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Written by: Nathanael Molnár
Written by: Nathanael Molnár
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