Review: Judi Dench plays an idealistic spy in the provocative true story 'Red Joan'
Judi Dench in “Red Joan.” By Michael O'Sullivan Michael O'Sullivan Film critic and reporter covering movies and the people who make them Email Bio Follow Reporter April 23 at 11:45 AM Rating:
Yet as good as she is, the actress is little more than the framing device for this polished and morally provocative — yet hardly pulse-pounding — tale, loosely based on the life of English spy Melita Norwood. Sophie Cookson, left, and Stephen Campbell Moore star in “Red Joan.” The film argues, persuasively, if somewhat one-sidedly, that Joan wanted to even the playing field, assisting Russia in the development of its own nuclear weapons as a way to deter any single nation from using them.
“Red Joan” is ostensibly a spy drama — “thriller” may be overstating it — but at heart it’s more like an antiwar film. Much of the story concerns Joan’s romantic relationships: first with Leo, and then later with her boss . But Joan’s true passion — and the film’s, which it proudly wears on its sleeve — is for peace, even at the cost of patriotism.
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