Sure, Red Sparrow is just a movie, but this need to constantly
brutalize women in film is something we should question.
Every
woman in the
film save one is a self - abnegating, self - loathing creature eager to call herself a whore, get
brutalized by Scott for being an escort or madam, be shepherded around anonymously, or,
in a pivotal moment, display strength as a secret service agent before bursting into Mildred Pierce histrionics.