Red Sparrow is a type of film that would be nice to watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon when you have to kill some time with an average flick. As mentioned in the title, it is simply too unrealistic. There is no way that most of these things would ever happen in a real world espionage scenario. And since the goal was - I assume - to produce a serious film, the creators unfortunately failed in that department. It is also super predictable. I am sure you will know how it ends from quite early on and therefore the twists in the final minutes of Red Sparrow will lose the desired effect. Also, almost 140min runtime is a bit too much and I saw quite a few people in the theatre checking their phones which is never a good sign. Not everything was bad though. The direction is solid and the performances are first class. It is hard to expect anything else from such a stellar cast. But that is pretty much it when it comes to the positive sides and with everything else, it adds up to an average film.