To be honest, my husband very much enjoyed the movie. My experience was different. But rather than tear into it or put out a spoiler, let me give you two words: Plagiarism. Torture. I am re-reading Ian Fleming, and there is no doubt that the main character in Red Sparrow is an adaptation of Tatiana in From Russia with Love. The similarities: ex-ballerina, conscripted to a "KGB-style sex service" for purposes of seducing men, or in this case a particular man. That's okay as far as it goes, but in the interactions between the madame/colonel (also similar to the Fleming character in Russia with Love) actual and entire speeches from the Fleming novel were reproduced in their entirety - with no nod to Bond or Fleming. Is the screenwriter responsible, or was this from the book upon which the screenplay was adapted? I cannot say. But having just read the speech within 48 hours of hearing it restated onscreen, I can assure you if anything was cold-blooded about the film, it was the plagiarism. Personal objection #2: since we became aware of Guantanamo, film-makers of a certain calibre have felt it incumbent upon them to include long scenes of the most gruesome tortures in movies. How this helps the plot along, or how valuable it is for the moviegoer to sit for 20 minute watching people having their legs broken or their skin stripped off, you must decide. For me, it's appalling and the worst kind of pornography. Next we'll be seeing snuff films at the Cannes Festival.