Red Sparrow

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Red Sparrow

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Released Mar 2, 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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Matty D

Pulpy and melodramatic, Red Sparrow is an overlong spy thriller starring the endlessly watchable Jennifer Lawrence. Although the plot is full of holes, it remains entertaining throughout its sprawling runtime. An interesting meditation on human sexuality in parts, there are some standout moments in this casserole. It’s definitely no Jason Bourne or Jack Reacher film, but it’ll do for a once through.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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holly s

Best movie I have seen in a long time. Loved the plot and didn’t expect the ending at all! Such an underrated movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/01/25

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The H

A lot of uncomfortable scenes, a somewhat confusing plot, not so interesting story or characters overall, they kept acting like she was a prodigy, yet she didn't do anything particularly special, a forced narrative of her being amazing without backing it up.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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Yash B

"Red Sparrow" is one of those movies I was genuinely curious about back in 2018. I never got around to seeing it and decided to check it out, as it is directed by the winning team of director Francis Lawrence and with Jennifer Lawrence in the lead. It was interesting to see this "Hunger Games" duo make a film that could fully go for the R-rating. I think when it first started out the movie was interesting. I think as it went along I started to like it less and less. The movie eventually becomes tedious and boring and I just didn't like it by the time it ended. I think Jennifer Lawrence does a decent job in the lead role, but I never really got behind her character. Overall, this is a boring and convoluted espionage movie that tries to be edgy with explicit and violent content, but ultimately is a bit of a snooze fest and a letdown.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Jelisije J

A slow paced engaging story of a women being trained by the russian government to be a spy all the while you could never truly know what side she ill be on.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/03/25

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Irith M

Waste of time to watch this messy script.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/18/25

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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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