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Red Joan

Name: Red Joan
Genre: History, Thriller
Released: 2018
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Tereza Srbová, Stephen Campbell Moore

Taste attributes: historythrillerhistoricaldramabiographyespionageunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittybig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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"To change the world, she betrayed her country"

Boxlist takeA weighty, smart thriller: grounded and wide-ranging. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.7 /10

TMDB · 258 votes

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What lines up

Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB