To be honest, I was checking the time an hour and a half into the movie to see how much longer. It is slow moving and long, which can turn off many people. She is a smart girl thrust into a situation she never wanted to be a part of, and now, Dominika has to use these skills she has learned to her advantage, to right the wrongs of her country. Audiences can empathize with Dominika, and they want to root for her. Other than that, it is a very slow movie, as many spy thrillers are. It is not there for no reason the scenes are supposed to mirror one another on purpose for a purpose. In the height of the #metoo movement, it is easy to see why this film and the scenes above make viewing the movie uncomfortable, why do they need to showcase rape? Because ignoring the problem does not solve it, and when you look at the scenes, how they are structured and written, it is supposed to mean something in the grand scheme of the film. It is a simple scene of her beating the crap out of him with a shower knob that shows the viewer that she is taking back the power, that her body is hers and hers alone. She asserts the idea that her body is hers to give to whom she chooses in another powerful scene where a fellow student, angry that she is better than him, tries to force himself on her. Except its here that Dominika finds her power and regains possession of what the state has taken from her. This trap her uncle has set for her forces her to be sent to, as Dominika refers to it, “whore-school,” again reinforcing the idea that her body does not belong to her, it belongs to her country and everyone who would take advantage of that. Ignoring the things that make people uncomfortable doesn’t make them go away, it means ignoring the problem, and rape culture is still a huge problem. It is supposed to make the viewer uncomfortable. It is a powerful scene that is not meant to be comfortable to watch. It is represented by a high class and powerful man taking advantage of her, and by her uncle who put her in this position, knowing how it would end up. The initial scene of Dominika (Lawrence) getting raped is to showcase that her body does not belong to her, it belongs to the state. This film has been criticized for the overuse of sexuality, but that is one of the founding corners of the film. She becomes a Sparrow, one of a group of elite spies who must use their bodies in service of the country.Īs a rated-R film, the expectation is that the film would have violence and sexual exploitation.
With no other choices left to support her ailing mother, Dominika’s uncle gives her a chance to help him with a task that unfortunately leaves her trapped in the service of her country.
Jennifer Lawrence pays Dominika, a former prima ballerina, gravely injured by a jealous ballerina eager to take her place on the stage. Red Sparrow is a harrowing sky-thriller about one girl who is determined to right the wrongs of her country by any means necessary. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.” -IMDB Try as it may to unveil twists and surprises, Red Sparrow remains routine - it only manages to emphasize the "cold" in Cold War.“Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School,’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. But this attempt an an edgier thriller still feels juvenile as it dabbles in excessive amounts of sex and bloodshed its attempt at stoicism just feels like boredom.
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Director Francis Lawrence brought this same quality to his massively popular Hunger Games movies - he helmed the final three in the series of four - and their brooding quality appealed to teens. It also never generates much suspense it moves sluggishly and gets more and more tiresome as it trudges through its 139 loooong minutes. The story is based on a novel by Jason Matthews, and it's structured adequately Red Sparrow looks and sounds good, but it just fails to find a spark - and it's far too chilly to be sexy. Lawrence gets to try on a finely tuned Russian accent, as well as many gorgeous costume, makeup, and hairstyle changes, but although she tries her best, the character never really comes to life. Jennifer Lawrence re-teams with her Hunger Games director for this more grown-up attempt at a complex, sexy thriller, but the result is airless, mopey, and dull.
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