Red Sparrow

Comment Jennifer Lawrence, jeune ballerine, est-elle devenue du jour au lendemain la meilleure espionne russe, après avoir suivi bien sûr une formation de jeunes recrues dans l'institut russe éthiquement controversé « The Sex Games ». Une tentative totalement ratée de thriller atmosphérique et raffiné sur la Guerre froide avec une intrigue romantique. Un drame d'espionnage prétendument sophistiqué, dont la chimie entre l'agent russe et l'agent américain est si insignifiante qu'il ne peut pas se permettre de s'appuyer exclusivement sur elle. Avec son visage enfantin, Lawrence est le fiasco de casting de l'année. Matthias est le seul à jouer de manière crédible, il ressemble même à Poutine ! La musique « inspirée » de Goldsmith dans le film Basic Instinct est censée donner une tonalité sexuelle séduisante. Le film d'action insipide Atomic Blonde est le vainqueur clair dans ce duel. (04/03/2018)

J’avais hâte de regarder Red Sparrow et ça m’a beaucoup plu. J’hésite entre quatre et cinq étoiles, mais comme je me suis joliment laissé enjôler à l’image de certains personnages du film, je penche vers la note maximale. Pendant longtemps, je n’avais pas Jennifer Lawrence en grande sympathie, si ce n'est sa voix sublime et sexy, mais la donne a changé après American Bluff et avec Red Sparrow, je n’ai plus que des louanges à son égard. Et quid des rôles secondaires ? On reste dans la cour des grands avec un Jeremy Irons, un Mathias Schoenaerts et une Charlotte Rampling exemplaires. Le tout est couronné par une BO très plaisante. J’espère que l’on aura droit à une suite. (03/04/2018)

Dominika, a former ballerina, has been trained in a spy school and has become a professional seductress. Now she is tasked with getting close to an American agent and discovering who in Russian intelligence is passing him information. But her mission is complicated by her superiors and perhaps her true feelings. Red Sparrow is a rather intimate spy thriller, and a bit too long. It tries to be sexy and provocative, most of the time it’s uncomfortably aloof, cold, and unnecessarily plodding. And not very entertaining. (26/07/2018)

Sexy Jennifer Lawrence in an erotically cool spy thriller. I definitely think that if David Fincher had been in charge (he was supposed to direct it) it would have been a bigger hit, but it's still a decent thriller that isn't afraid of nudity and blood. Jennifer Lawrence is very sexy here and shows up full frontal naked, which will please many a male eye, as will the traditionally excellent Joel Edgerton. The hard training Jennifer undergoes in Russia to become a Red Sparrow is filmed very effectively, the psychological weight and erotic tension is omnipresent. At times the 140-minute running time drags in certain sequences and some editing wouldn't hurt, but I didn't find myself downright bored. The final torture and the denouement are excellent. A solid film that avoids the mainstream thanks to its eroticism and brutality and offers an unconventional story that hasn't been in cinemas for a while. 75% (15/03/2018)

I get it, Jennifer Lawrence was meant to play a completely merciless and emotionless murderer. It’s a shame she is like that in most of her movies. Another issue I saw in the fact that it is an espionage thriller, but at the end I was thoroughly confused about what happened. For an espionage thriller there was extremely little suspense and action, so during those two and a half hours I almost wondered whether to cook dinner or start dusting. Luckily it was saved by the great beauty of Jennifer, and her two acting colleagues – Joel Edgerton and Matthias Schoenaerts. I respect them so I finished to movie to the end and I admit that it is at least average. (14/07/2018)