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Jennifer Lawrence is unconvincing as the star of the Bolshoi Ballet in the espionage thriller Red Sparrow.

Can her sexy espionage thriller Red Sparrow turn that luck around?

Jennifer Lawrence takes the bull by the horns as a Russian spy in white - knuckle espionage thriller Red Sparrow.

proclaims a Russian oligarch out of central casting while staring down Jennifer Lawrence's dress in the espionage thriller Red Sparrow.

Not exact matches

Red Sparrow is a deliciously perverse, unflinchingly violent thriller — a modern - day espionage tale that breaks with the tradition of making the spy business the purview of suave and debonair characters.

Too violent and plot - light for Le Carré fans, not pacy or twisty enough for Bourne addicts, not shiny and fun enough for those craving James Bond and far too classy for the John Wick crowd, Red Sparrow is a good - looking, well performed, somewhat worthy espionage thriller that it's hard to recommend to anyone.

Red 2 (PG - 13 for profanity, drug use and pervasive violence) Espionage thriller finds former, CIA Agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) coaxed back out of retirement and reunited with his elite team of spies to track down a portable nuclear bomb that's landed in the hands of terrorists.

THE VERDICT: A solid espionage thriller that's lifted by its charismatic leads, Red Sparrow commits to the brutality of its subject matter, meaning it's never easy viewing.

Red Sparrow (R for profanity, sexuality, frontal nudity, graphic violence and torture) Espionage thriller revolving around a Russian ballerina (Jennifer Lawrence) recruited by the KGB who ends up falling for the CIA agent (Joel Edgerton) she was supposed to seduce and compromise.

A contemporary, potentially timely, Russian - centered espionage thriller (minus, alas, any recognizable thrills), Red Sparrow ends as it begins, as an unlikely, ultimately forgettable misfire unlikely to appear in career highlight reels for second youngest performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actress (Silver Linings Playbook).

Jennifer Lawrence and regular Hunger Games sequels director Francis Lawrence are teaming back up for an adaptation of espionage thriller novel Red Sparrow.

Last year's outspoken juror, producer - star Jessica Chastain (who was cut out of Dolan's film), will walk a few red carpets when she's in town selling her market title, Simon Kinberg's espionage thriller «355,» co-starring Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Fan Bingbing and Lupita Nyong» o. (They'll do a photo opp.)

DAVID EDELSTEIN, BYLINE: Jennifer Lawrence is a wonderful dramatic and comic actress, but she can't pass for the star of the Bolshoi Ballet, the so - called pride of Russia, in the espionage thriller «Red Sparrow.»