Red Sparrow

2018 140 min ★ 6.5 Thriller, Mystery

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. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

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Cast

Jennifer Lawrence

Dominika Egorova

Joel Edgerton

Nathaniel "Natan" Nash

Matthias Schoenaerts

Vanya Egorov

Charlotte Rampling

Matron

Jeremy Irons

Vladimir Korchnoi

Ciarán Hinds

Alexei Zyuganov

Joely Richardson

Nina Egorova

Mary-Louise Parker

Stephanie Boucher

Bill Camp

Marty Gable

Douglas Hodge

Maxim Volontov

Details

Director

Francis Lawrence

Screenplay

Justin Haythe

Tagline

"Seduce. Deceive. Repeat."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$69,000,000

Revenue

$151,572,634

Production

Chernin Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, TSG Entertainment

Reviews

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Ricardo Vargas

March 18, 2018

★ 9/10

I love Jennifer Lawrence, she's just amazing. It's not her best apparition but she's the main character of the plot, so you can appreciate her like in no other of her movies. Twisted and complex, the main plot is defined by itself during the development of the movie. By synopsis, Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) it's a professional ballet ballerina that tragically forced to change her ca...

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cabji

May 14, 2018

★ 7/10

It's one of those movies where you know what's going to happen in the end but you aren't sure how it's going to happen. Then at the end you know you have to watch it again so that you can understand how it happened.

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Gimly

January 20, 2019

★ 4/10

I thought I was going to get _Black Widow_ only boring, but what I ended up getting was actually _Atomic Blonde_ only boring. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

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CinemaSerf

January 2, 2023

★ 5/10

Charlotte Rampling is rather menacingly calculating in this otherwise rather dreary espionage thriller. She is the matron of a school where acclaimed ballet dancer turned agent "Dominika" (Jennifer Lawrence) is being sent to learn how to use sex (and sexuality) as weapons of war. After a pretty squeamish (best not say sticky) start, she gets into her stride and is soon on the trail of her CIA targ...