Red Sparrow

— Jennifer Lawrence seems to be in a string of misses and “Red Sparrow” fits right in. The story itself works but the script isn’t quite right and the direction is really odd. There are plenty of perverse scenes that could have been great at the hands of Sidney Lumet or Brian De Palma, but Francis Lawrence seems to hold back, flattening the scene and leveling the progression of the film. It helps a film [DVD] that’s over two hours seem even longer than it is. It isn’t all bad and I did keep watching—even dulled it’s still a spy thriller with a bit of an edge!

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[2018. 140 min. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Charlotte Rampling.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/red-sparrow-2018