Red Sparrow

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Red Sparrow

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2018

2h 19m

Mystery & Thriller

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Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Egorova emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

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Critics Consensus

Red Sparrow aims for smart, sexy spy thriller territory, but Jennifer Lawrence's committed performance isn't enough to compensate for thin characters and a convoluted story.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Director Francis Lawrence... seems to have reasoned that, because Russian literature is so long and slow, making his movie long and slow would be the path to authenticity.

Mar 9, 2020

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

There is only so much Jennifer Lawrence can do in this set up.

Jul 29, 2019

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Linda Marric

HeyUGuys

Needlessly sadistic and often troubling in tone, some keen supporting performances can't save this uneven and forgetful film.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 5, 2019

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Mo Muzammal

Vague Visages

In post-Hunger Games mode, Jennifer Lawrence continues her streak of pushing the envelope. Even if her accent feels awkward at times, she is mostly convincing as a Slavic agent...

Jul 26, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Most of Red Sparrow looks slick and, somehow, doesn't overstay its welcome, even while being mostly forgettable.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 14, 2022

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Drew Dietsch

FANDOM

[Red Sparrow] looks good, has a strong lead performance, and it never becomes boring. But, it also lacks a lot of what audiences will probably want out of a movie like this.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 29, 2021

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Shioka O

We all know Jennifer Lawrence's beauty, but this movie itself is unlikeable.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/18/25

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Richard D

Jennifer Lawrence's accent was brutal! Her acting was also bad. The whole woman power beating up men twice their size was completely delusional. Her getting revenge on her uncle was a cool twist but it can't save this movie from all the other really bad script choices.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/09/25

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Mark B.

Pretty good! A clear eyed portrayal of the spy game and modern Russia, but the alterations in the storyline from the (excellent) book are off putting. Still, better than most.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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Ti H.

Well, ell's bells... I dunno what to say. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/13/25

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Kat L

The well-edited opening scene was great - promising a slick sexy thriller. Instead, the movie was gloomily lit, glacially paced, and the sex scenes consisted of appalling sexual assaults, bizarre incestuous tones, and chemistry-free encounters with an implausible romantic interest. The so-called intelligence service training - nor the actual job - didn't include cool gadgets or nifty fighting skills, it solely taught gratuitous nudity. Neither did the film offer any interesting or complex to say about this abusive system. It's also disappointing that the movie had a top-notch cast, but they were largely wasted speaking American or British English with a wildly varied Russian accents in sluggish monotony - and I didn't care about any of the characters.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/08/25

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Theode A

The movie was brutal and gruesome, because of that i liked the movie. The story in another way was not so good, because sometimes i didnt quite understand it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/12/25

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Synopsis

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Egorova emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

Director: Francis Lawrence
Producer: Peter Chernin, David Ready, Jenno Topping, Steven Zaillian
Screenwriter: Justin Haythe
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Chernin Entertainment, TSL Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Graphic Nudity|Strong Violence|Torture)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 2, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $46.7M
Runtime: 2h 19m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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