Red Joan

"To change the world, she betrayed her country"

2018 1h 41m EN

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6.6

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30%

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6.4

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★6.6TMDB · 405🥫30%Rotten Tomatoes●45Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 15,987

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London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.

“To change the world, she betrayed her country”

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Cast

Judi Dench
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Sophie Cookson
Young Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Tom Hughes
Leo Galich
Tereza Srbova
Sonya Galich
Stephen Campbell Moore
Max
Ben Miles
Nick
Nina Sosanya
Ms. Hart
Laurence Spellman
Mr Adams

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Trevor Nunn
Writers: Douglas Ingram, Lindsay Shapero
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Trevor Nunn, shot by Zac Nicholson. 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 George Fenton. 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 Kristina Hetherington shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson and Tom Hughes carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To change the world, she betrayed her country".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7615302 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Trevor Nunn directs. Zac Nicholson behind the camera. George Fenton scores. Kristina Hetherington cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 8 years ago.
2Directed by Trevor Nunn, shot by Zac Nicholson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by George Fenton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kristina Hetherington shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson and Tom Hughes carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "To change the world, she betrayed her country".
7IMDB entry: tt7615302 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 19 themes, including "london, england", "based on novel or book", "atomic bomb", "spy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Zac Nicholson
Original score: George Fenton
Editing: Kristina Hetherington
Production design: Cristina Casali
Makeup / hair: Sam Smart
VFX supervisor: Mark Knapton
Sound: Craig Irving
Stunt coordinator: Jo McLaren
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Red Joan (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 30% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 45/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 15,987 votes
MPAA: R
US box office: $1,579,730

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CinemaSerf2024-05-29
★ 6/10
It may well be inspired by real events but that doesn't stop it flowing like glue most of the time. Dame Judi Dench leads a workmanlike cast with Sophie Cookson playing her younger self; Tom Hughes and Stephen Campbell Moore in the story of a suburban housewife with a treacherous secret past. Sir Trevor Nunn doesn't manage to inject any sort of pace into this and as such it just ends up being another star vehicle for the star who features sparingly. Watchable, if only because it does give you some indications as to how people who felt they were doing the "right thing" in the sixties were easy pickings for the KGB recruiters; but otherwise this film is a little empty.

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