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Reviews Counted:82
Fresh:72
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Red Road director Andrea Arnold skillfully parses out just enough plot details at a time to keep the audience engrossed in this seductive thriller.
Theatrical Release:Apr 13, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Developed at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival, Red Road is a bristling, atmospheric thriller that rumbles with... [More]
Starring: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Natalie Press
Director: Andrea Arnold
It's a fully realized portrait of a city, Glasgow, a portrait of a smart, watchful woman who works as a security monitor and who has endured great loss; and a portrait of the act and psychological implications of surveillance.
Top Critic...a moody, gritty exploration of working class Glasgow that features terrific performances but suffers from an over reliance on misdirection and an underlying motivation which...doesn't sit quite right.
It's impossible to predict when the next two-thirds of this Advance Party Concept triptych are going to look like. But with characters like these -- and actors like these -- it's easy to be optimistic about the stories they still have to tell.
Top CriticA sexy and cunningly disorienting thriller that provokes the viewer into a state of anxious participation from first to last frame.
Top CriticThis prickly sketch of a vengeance born out of loneliness and alienation carries the weight of horror of the everyday...
Red Road is a portrait of a voyeur, and it invites us to become voyeurs of the voyeur.
The problem with this "thriller" is that it's boring.
What this debut feature delivers in terms of storytelling and style, however, isn’t just the promise of potential; it’s the sign of someone hitting her stride straight out of the gate.
Despite the thick Scottish accents, filmmaker Andrea Arnold kept me intrigued, but beyond a certain point the movie's ambiguity fades into indifference.
Top CriticRed Road is a promising debut by a talented director, but with luck, next time, Arnold will be in a real position of authority, and not just manning someone else's watchtower.
Her coolly dispassionate, entirely harrowing approach mixes gritty realism with a grimly understated violence that perfectly suits the subject she's chosen to explore.
Dickie is intense in her screen debut, which requires her to be in nearly every scene. The supporting cast is strong, and Robbie Ryan's handheld camera provides gritty ambiance for this taut thriller.
If you think about it too closely, Andrea Arnold's jarring feature debut doesn't quite hold up. But chances are you'll be so focused on her lead, Kate Dickie, that you won't even notice.
Scary and utterly original.
The queasy mixture of sympathy and curiosity that Red Road evokes is evidence of a talented, risk-taking filmmaker discovering her power.
Top CriticArnold's more successful than Michael Winterbottom (9 Songs) or even John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus) in unselfconsciously blending explicit sexuality within a narrative.
specific and real -- punishingly so.
A thoroughly original gritty urban drama set in Glasgow that covers surveillance, urban loneliness, grief, and empathy.
A spellbinding, intelligent thriller that takes its time to get where it's going but is well worth the trip.
Top CriticThe measure of Red Road is that it leaves us hungry for what comes next.
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