Red Joan

2018

1h 41m

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6.7/10

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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.

Directors

Trevor Nunn

Writers

Lindsay Shapero(screenplay by)

Jennie Rooney(novel by)

Stars

Judi Dench

Sophie Cookson

Tom Hughes

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Judi Dench

Joan Elizabeth Stanley

Sophie Cookson

Young Joan Elizabeth Stanley

Tom Hughes

Leo Galich

Tereza Srbova

Sonya Galich

Stephen Campbell Moore

Max

Nick

Ms. Hart

Mr Adams

Joan's Neighbor

William

Kharak

Heckler

Waitress

Uniformed Policeman

Security Guard

Donald

Karen

Clement Attlee

Directors

Trevor Nunn

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Lindsay Shapero(screenplay by)

Jennie Rooney(novel by)

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6/10

It may well be inspired by real events but that doesn't stop it flowing like glue most of the time. Dame Judi Dench leads a workmanlike cast with Sophie Cookson playing her younger self; Tom Hughes and Stephen Campbell Moore in the story of a suburban housewife with a treacherous secret past. Sir Trevor Nunn doesn't manage to inject any sort of pace into this and as such it just ends up being another star vehicle for the star who features sparingly. Watchable, if only because it does give you some indications as to how people who felt they were doing the "right thing" in the sixties were easy pickings for the KGB recruiters; but otherwise this film is a little empty.

Geronimo196729 May, 2024