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Reds (1981)

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Reviews Counted: 33

Fresh: 31

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.9/10

Runtime: 3 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Riding high after the box office success of SHAMPOO and HEAVEN CAN WAIT, Warren Beatty used his seemingly limitless power to write, produce, direct, and star in this epic historical romance. The film recounts a particularly eventful... Riding high after the box office success of SHAMPOO and HEAVEN CAN WAIT, Warren Beatty used his seemingly limitless power to write, produce, direct, and star in this epic historical romance. The film recounts a particularly eventful period in the life of notorious American communist John Reed (Beatty), who journeyed to Russia to witness the Bolshevik Revolution firsthand. Before that, he met the already wed Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) in Portland in 1915. However, they shared such a mutual attraction for words, and each other, that soon Bryant was living with Reed in New York City. It was here where they befriended some of the early 20th Century's most recognizable faces: Eugene O'Neill (Jack Nicholson), Emma Goldman (Maureen Stapleton), Max Eastman (Richard Herrmann), and Horace Whigham (George Plimpton). Yet Reed's commitment to his craft caused an endless friction in the relationship, until Louise found her own journalistic voice, leading the couple to Russia at a crucial moment in history. But just when they appeared to have come to a perfect place in their relationship, tragedy struck. REDS is one of the last vestiges of early Hollywood, a broad, sweeping spectacle that is simultaneously thought provoking and unabashedly entertaining. Beatty inserts fascinating interviews with actual participants from that earlier era throughout the film to provide even more context and insight. At a time when Ronald Reagan had just become the president of the United States, Beatty's sympathetic portrait of notorious American communist John Reed seemed even more daring. Yet, as it continues to age, the film only continues to grow in relevance, assuring its rightful place at the top of the Hollywood canon. [More]

Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Edward Herrmann

Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Edward Herrmann, Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Coster, Gene Hackman, William Daniels, Paul Sorvino, Jerzy Kosinski

Director: Warren Beatty

Director: Warren Beatty
Screenwriter: Trevor Griffiths, Warren Beatty
Composer: Dave Grusin, Stephen Sondheim

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Aug 5, 2008

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06/14/08
Cole Smithey
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Vittorio Storaro, who won an Oscar for his cinematography, keeps the long film moving at a healthy pace, mixing static shots with subtle camera movement, never showing off or detracting from the story.

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08/05/07
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
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an epic love story ... As a teenager I saw it four times in the theater (which I now find pretty astonishing, considering the movie is well more than three hours long -- I had a lot more free time in 1981!)

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01/12/07
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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Viewed today, it's not so effortlessly impressive, but it's still an uncommonly intelligent and quite entertaining film.

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01/05/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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One of the most ambitious Hollywood films of the 80s, Reds is trying to do too much (historical epic, political expose, and romance), but the insertion of interviews with contemporaries of John Reed is original and poignant.

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12/23/06
Emanuel Levy
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It's tragic that more American filmmakers aren't taking risks like this at a time like this.

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10/18/06
Chris Cabin
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A left-leaning pretty boy's distended, black book ramblings.

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10/11/06
Keith Uhlich
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Marred by historical bluff and jarring cutesiness, 'Reds' is nevertheless the sweeping melodramatic stuff of classic moviemaking.

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10/09/06
Donald J. Levit
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Were it not for the antique clothing and music, you wouldn't know that the dialogue isn't taking place in the 21st century.

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10/06/06
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
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Reds is finally just an appealingly conventional epic movie-star romance with radical trimmings, but it contains several sharper elements that suggest the colorful period it seeks to recreate.

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09/12/06
Dan Callahan
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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06/10/06
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03/18/06
Jake Euker
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Epic telling of Communism roots via Warren Beatty.

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02/18/06
Steve Crum
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Political drama and sweeping romance in one — only Warren Beatty would, or could, do it.

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02/10/06
Carol Cling
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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
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02/05/05
Robert Roten
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As for Beatty, Reds is his bravura turn.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Hey, hey, I saved the world today. A movie about the burdens that fall on those who take big ideas seriously.

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07/16/04
Martin Scribbs
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