Red Riding: 1974

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Audience Member Watched this a few days ago and it has stayed with me. It would be easy to churn out the usual "gritty northern drama" cliche but it's more than that. The emotion is so raw and the bare and stripped-back nature of the performances lead to a real sense of loss and emptiness at the conclusion. The enevitability is excruciating not just for the characters but for the audience too. A true piece of cinematic art. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review David M. Really did not enjoy, played out, a sad waste of time to what had real potential. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/25/25 Full Review James H Just wow. It's a tough movie to watch, in that it shows, realistically, what depravity and cowardice exist in so many hearts and minds. It seems a reasonable portrayal of America, 2025, where money and power trump truth and justice every day. Just brutal. Andrew Garfield is brilliant. Tragic, but brilliant. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/30/25 Full Review Dean P I saw this when it was promoted and shown on Channel 4 over 15years or so. After rewatching the 1974 chapter, and about to work on the 1980’s and the final 1990’s episodes, all I can say is that is remains an exemplary work of art! The script, cinematography, sets, and acting from some of the most talented British actors is simply outstanding. The lead actors are backed up with some very strong (and at the time up and coming) actor’s performances that is unmissable. The overall story line is a gradual revealer, which will (having seen it before) beautifully designed to eventually dovetail together to provide an deeply unsettling but well constructed and produced storyline, which perfectly captures and reflects each decades societies values and attitudes (having lived through each one). To some younger viewers these images of 70’s to 90’s societies may seem more like fiction, but in these were real living conditions for parts of the country during those times. One to watch…without doubt! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/09/25 Full Review Clinton R Along with its stable mates this one-third of the trilogy is dreadful in every way. No offense, but those wafting about art genre have been smoking too much during the smoke-filled, fuzzy badly directed and scored16mm film. It really is terrible. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/22/25 Full Review John C If you really want to get the feel (I can only imagine it's somewhat accurate, being an American) of the place, read the book: every surface feels covered in cigarette smoke and slopped whiskey, along with the grime and despair of that time in North England. I didn't quite feel the same atmosphere in the film, and because it has to set the scene and the dynamics between a bewildering array of personalities (many of whom are cut out of the film altogether), it ends up not delivering as strongly. Andrew Garfield is an OK actor but couldn't pull off the same desperation and darkness that Peace brought to the character in the book. The film does a bit better to clear up some of the confusing plot lines, but ultimately falls a little flat. Even if you're not much of a reader, I recommend the book as it moves fast and straightforward like a screenplay but with enough interior dialogue in that terse dialect of working-class England. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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