MoviePass Vacation - Episode 6 - Red Sparrow
April 17th, 2018 @ Kendig Squre in Willow Street, PA - $5.00 for a normal ticket
MoviePass Investment - $89.50. Total Savings - $68.85. Overall ROI. -$20.65
Yes, the Movie Pass even works at the discount theater. The sound was a little shitty, which made the Russian accents sometimes a little hard to understand, but in some way it also made it feel a little old-timey.
A few months back I got really excited about this movie from the trailer, and I'm sad to say I stayed away so long because of the lukewarm reviews from critics (about 47% currently on Rotten Tomatoes). The only thing I can attribute the bland reception to this film to is that it can be a bit brutal to watch at times. They really put Jennifer Lawrence's character through some shit, and I suspect that turned off a lot of critics.
These brutal scenes, however, paid off big time in one of the best finales I've seen in recent memory. I've heard some critics say the film is hard to follow, but I'm afraid they might just not have been paying attention, because I didn't find it to be at all. And all those little details and turns made for an incredibly satisfying climax. In fact, the second-run theater audience actually applauded when the titles rolled. It's a brilliant movie, and I hope one day will be looked back on as a time the critics really got it wrong. Not this critic of course.
Overall Review - A
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