Red Joan
2018, history, suspense
101 minutes
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.
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7.0
2019-03-28
It’s rather formulaic and conventional, an average spy drama doused in saccharine and filled with two half-baked romances. On the other hand, Red Joan contains a very urgent message that world peace must prevail above national allegiances, and that nationalism can be an arrogant and exclusionary notion. Read more
6.0
2019-04-18
But for all the faults of editing and storytelling, Cookson gives a striking performance, crafting a believably conflicted, plied woman, full of fervor and conviction, and one who fascinatingly grasps the drawbacks – and the potential usefulness – of being invisible in a man’s world. Read more
6.0
2019-04-15
It’s one of those movies that was entertaining enough because of the cast, but in the end I can’t help wonder what it could’ve been. Read more
6.0
2018-09-21
Red Joan surprisingly captures the complex persona of Joan Stanley with simplicity and straightforwardness. Read more
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4.0
2019-09-23
Red Joan is een film die aan elkaar hangt van verkeerde keuzes. Read more
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