
Red Sparrow (2018)
Seduce. Deceive. Repeat.
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Red Sparrow rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Red Sparrow
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.
Cast of Red Sparrow

Jennifer Lawrence
as Dominika Egorova

Joel Edgerton
as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash

Matthias Schoenaerts
as Vanya Egorov

Charlotte Rampling
as Matron

Jeremy Irons
as Vladimir Korchnoi

Ciarán Hinds
as Alexei Zyuganov

Joely Richardson
as Nina Egorova

Mary-Louise Parker
as Stephanie Boucher

Bill Camp
as Marty Gable

Douglas Hodge
as Maxim Volontov

Thekla Reuten
as Marta Yelenova

Sakina Jaffrey
as Trish Forsythe
Red Sparrow facts
- Budget
- $69M
- Box office
- $151.6M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Intricate spy craft plotting sustains tension and suspense
- •Morally complex protagonist defies traditional hero archetypes
- •Atmospheric Cold War setting adds texture and historical gravitas
What the audience disliked
- •Pacing falters during exposition-heavy intelligence briefing sequences
- •Plotting becomes convoluted and difficult to follow completely
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