When I lived and worked in Russia invariably western women I met there were the most critical of Russian women. Why, because in comparison most western women are overweight, unattractive and obsessed with "feminism". Red Sparrow is an excellent spy thriller and although not all Russian women work for the Russian security services they are all sparrows, beautiful, self assured, clever. Men do not have a chance against these women and the movie portrays this realistically. I suspect the low ratings for Red Sparrow originate from western women who have given up on their own "femininity" and strive to lowering themselves to be equal with men. As for portraying the Russian system as brutal,insensitive and maniacal it's absolutely true.