Red Sparrow

"Seduce. Deceive. Repeat."

2018 2h 20m EN

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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. 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.

“Seduce. Deceive. Repeat.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Francis Lawrence
Writers: Justin Haythe
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $69M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

CAST

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206+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Francis Lawrence, shot by Jo Willems. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alan Edward Bell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton and Matthias Schoenaerts carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Seduce. Deceive. Repeat.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Francis Lawrence directs. Jo Willems behind the camera. James Newton Howard scores. Alan Edward Bell cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $69M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 8 years ago.
3206+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Francis Lawrence, shot by Jo Willems. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Alan Edward Bell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton and Matthias Schoenaerts carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Seduce. Deceive. Repeat.".
9IMDB entry: tt2873282 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 39 themes, including "central intelligence agency (cia)", "sexual abuse", "budapest, hungary", "based on novel or book".
11Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jo Willems
Original score: James Newton Howard
Editing: Alan Edward Bell
Production design: Maria Djurkovic
Makeup / hair: Jay Wejebe
VFX supervisor: Brooke Lyndon-Stanford
Sound: Jeremy Peirson
Stunt coordinator: Béla Unger
Runtime: 140 min · 2h 20m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $69,000,000
Box office: $151,572,634
Return: 220% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Red Sparrow (2018)

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Ricardo Vargas2018-03-18
★ 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 career path by an "accident". Moved by her family needs, she's accept some "business" propositions that subsequent convert her into an Sparrow, a secret government physiologic weapon of seduction. By personal opinion you can feel this movie very slow because of the absent of a good sound work. The image of this movie was perfect for an excellent sound editing and mixing, so the absent of this take some points in the final score in public perception.
cabji2018-05-14
★ 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.
Gimly2019-01-20
★ 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.