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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