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A fascinating real-life story dramatized in perplexingly dull fashion, Red Joan wastes its tale's incredible intrigue -- as well as the formidable talents of Judi Dench.
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This period drama is stuffy and slow, told in a clumsy way to justify Dench's casting and presence, and is still a waste of her time. May 3, 2019 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
This period drama is stuffy and slow, told in a clumsy way to justify Dench's casting and presence, and is still a waste of her time.
Adam Graham
Although the story sounds fascinating - subterfuge! centrifuge! pinkos! - the film is cold fusion. May 2, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Although the story sounds fascinating - subterfuge! centrifuge! pinkos! - the film is cold fusion.
Brad Wheeler
Dench, in her limited screen time, gives us tantalizing hints of who this weary-looking woman, slumped by the weight of secrets, might be. May 1, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Dench, in her limited screen time, gives us tantalizing hints of who this weary-looking woman, slumped by the weight of secrets, might be.
Moira MacDonald
...most of Dame Judi's scenes are quick and a criminal waste of her talent. Apr 25, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
...most of Dame Judi's scenes are quick and a criminal waste of her talent.
Richard Roeper
For a movie about an intelligent female Cambridge science student and communist sympathizer, this movie sounds interesting. Too bad it is awfully dull. Apr 24, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
For a movie about an intelligent female Cambridge science student and communist sympathizer, this movie sounds interesting. Too bad it is awfully dull.
Samantha Incorvaia
The sentimental treatment that director Trevor Nunn adopts seems misplaced, almost crazy in its subjectivity. Apr 24, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
The sentimental treatment that director Trevor Nunn adopts seems misplaced, almost crazy in its subjectivity.
Mick LaSalle
Unfortunately, actress Dench is not at the center of the film. The flatly told tale offers too many flashbacks and bland reenactments of young Joan Stanley (Sophie Cookson) being a KGB agent. May 20, 2019 | Full Review…
Unfortunately, actress Dench is not at the center of the film. The flatly told tale offers too many flashbacks and bland reenactments of young Joan Stanley (Sophie Cookson) being a KGB agent.
Michael Calleri
Unfortunately there's nothing about Red Joan that feels believable, other than [Judi] Dench's rather complicated portrayal of a woman who might only be discovering her own motives. May 17, 2019 | Rating: 82/100 | Full Review…
Unfortunately there's nothing about Red Joan that feels believable, other than [Judi] Dench's rather complicated portrayal of a woman who might only be discovering her own motives.
Philip Martin
The film's fictional character of Joan Stanley ultimately proves to be less interesting and complex than her real counterpart of Melita Norwood. May 15, 2019 | Full Review…
The film's fictional character of Joan Stanley ultimately proves to be less interesting and complex than her real counterpart of Melita Norwood.
Beth Accomando
Director Trevor Nunn... does not do his best work in Red Joan. He made a serviceable film, which informs more than entertains. May 15, 2019 | Full Review…
Director Trevor Nunn... does not do his best work in Red Joan. He made a serviceable film, which informs more than entertains.
Martha K. Baker
It's too easy to say Dench is this film's only redeeming value, yet it's too difficult to try to find other good points about this stodgy romance. May 15, 2019 | Full Review…
It's too easy to say Dench is this film's only redeeming value, yet it's too difficult to try to find other good points about this stodgy romance.
Richard von Busack
Red Joan is so creakily realized, it may as well have been made in the 1940s. May 14, 2019 | Full Review…
Red Joan is so creakily realized, it may as well have been made in the 1940s.
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