Red Sparrow: reviews

What the critics say average 6.0 from 5 outlets

• 8.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman "Lawrence, in this movie, shows you what true screen stardom is all about. She cues each scene to a different mood, leaving the audience in a dangling state of discovery. We?re on her side, but more than that we?re in her head. Even when (of course) we?re being played." Read
• 7.5 IndiewireEric Kohn "The elegance of Francis Lawrence?s direction, cinematographer Jo Willems? measured camerawork, and James Newton Howard?s ominous score adheres to a familiar set of beats, but it?s the rare big Hollywood mood piece and mostly satisfying on those terms." Read
• 6.0 The GuardianBenjamin Lee "It doesn?t entirely work, but there?s something about its full-throttle nastiness that lingers, and it?s refreshing to see something that exists in the studio system that possesses so many queasily perverse elements. It?s just not quite as seductive as it thinks it is." Read
• 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore "A pervy premise and top-flight cast yield a mixed-bag spy flick." Read
• 3.5 The WrapAlonso Duralde "Neither intelligent enough to be involving nor fun enough to be trashy, this is a movie that would only work if it were a little worse or a lot better." Read