Jennifer Lawrence plays Dominika Egorova, a Russian prima ballerina whose career ending injury forces her to look for work, since she's supporting her ailing mother. Her Uncle (Mattias Schoenaerts) forced Dominika to enter a state-run school who teaches spies in training the art of sexual manipulation. A run-in with a CIA operative (Joel Edgerton) that ultimately resulted with some romantic gestures is her true test as an intelligence agent.
At 2 hours and 20 minutes, Red Sparrow could have been an hour shorter. There were too much scenes that were literally translated from the book by Jay Matthews page by page and word by word. (I was able to borrow the book months before the film was released and it was a struggle to finish it.) The movie is directed by Francis Lawrence who also helmed JLaw's last three Hunger Games movies. For me splitting Mockingjay into two parts was unnecessary. However, if it was made into just one film then it will be like as Red Sparrow.
With a commendable performance with Lawrence, an esteemed supporting cast that includes Jeremy Irons, Charlotte Rampling and Mary Louise Parker and an elegant production design that captures cold Russia, Red Sparrow gets bogged down by it's long running time, confusing film editing and violence that's just too much for a film. After mother! and this, it's time for the Oscar winning actress to take on a light role.
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