Review of Red Sparrow (2018) by Cokronakan — 23 Mar 2019

This felt like a too serious movie, with a to complex plot that still had small elements mission. Anyhow the acting was amazing, Jennifer really delivered on this intense and emotional role. The raw emotion that is showcased in this movie is amazing, also the events unfold in a very realistic fashion.

But sadly the plot faults the movie, because of it's complex nature it does not feel that it delivered, also the message of the movie was really shallow. The ending though was really good with a really fresh twist.

The directing style was average at best and nothing out of the ordinary sadly. The script however was really weak. Did not give a lot of explanations on the unfolding of certain plot points. Also the character development had a really big pacing issue, because the time spent and invested in most of the characters was not enough by far, when it was present it was repetitive.

The visuals where great and practical, and the sound and audio effects where average but good quality as expected. Overall it was a good movie that had a lot more potential and budget, and it felt like it was rushed at the end and missed a couple of key moments that could have been developed more in detail and length.