Reds

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Reds

PG

1981

3h 15m

History

Drama

Romance

Biography

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American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) journeys to Russia to document the Bolshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. His fervor for left-wing politics leads him to Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), then married, who will become a feminist icon and activist. Politics at home become more complicated as the rift grows between reality and Reed's ideals. Bryant takes up with a cynical playwright (Jack Nicholson), and Reed returns to Russia, where his health declines.

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Critics Consensus

Brawny in both intellect and scope, Reds is an intimate epic that captures the tumult of revolutionary change and the passion of those navigating through it.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

10/22/2018

Beatty gives the performance of his lifetime as the erratic, possessed Reed, and his grasp of the direction of an epic film is truly astonishing.

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Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

01/08/2018

If no one will learn much about politics from this film, Beatty has nonetheless put the fire of two burning lives in it. There is plenty in it about the risks that commitment entails, but it is about commitment.

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Judith Martin

Washington Post

05/09/2017

It is occasionally rambling and repetitious, but nearly always intelligent and engrossing.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Oct 31

3.5/4

Warren Beatty cracked the biopic code...

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Zita Short

InSession Film

02/07/2023

I would never recommend this to somebody based on the romance that is supposedly at its center. I’d rave about Nicholson, the extraordinary color palette, and some of the thorny ideas that it tangles with.

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Kyle Smith

National Review

03/09/2022

One of the five best films of the 1980s,

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Vincent S

@Vin_E_At_The_Movies Mar 9

Forget the politic that can get you lost, the real reason this is a masterpiece of depth is the love story between John Reed and Louise Bryant. warren Beatty and Diane Keaton give outstanding, deep performances and the rest of the cast is brilliant. This is one of my favorite love stories in film history. I was swept away and cried a lot. When Diane Keaton as Louise says to John "Don't let go' I lost it. Diane let go, we will miss you!

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Thomas M

@Morningstar69 Mar 6

Masterful performances and an intelligent , beautifully filmed live story. Ignore the reviews that are simply based on hatred of any left wing concepts. This is a superior movie for bright and sensitive souls

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Russ G

@RT78760655 Jan 29

Three hours of watching a Commie Rat Bastard? No, thanks.

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Winnie S

@SherliUJest Jan 25

This is the first I’ve watched this film beginning to end. It’s beautifully made, the acting seems superior but you can’t follow the story when they mumble through script. I know it’s Beatty’s style - always has been but he sets the tone and Keaton falls into the trap as well. Don’t expect reading lips to help because Beatty spends his time looking at the ground. It’s his character - the tortured intellect. Frustrating to watch.

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Jacob B

@RT48293763 03/04/2025

An intimate love triangle with an epic backdrop that would make David Lean proud.

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Roger J

@RT82668101 09/27/2024

Too long, boring and some questions as to accuracy. You have to be a political compulsive to sit thorough it. I wish I had not!

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Synopsis

American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) journeys to Russia to document the Bolshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. His fervor for left-wing politics leads him to Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), then married, who will become a feminist icon and activist. Politics at home become more complicated as the rift grows between reality and Reed's ideals. Bryant takes up with a cynical playwright (Jack Nicholson), and Reed returns to Russia, where his health declines.

Director: Warren Beatty
Producer: Warren Beatty
Screenwriter: Warren Beatty, Peter S. Feibleman, Trevor Griffiths, Elaine May, Jeremy Pikser
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, JRS Films, Barclay's Mercantile Industrial Finance
Rating: PG
Genre: History, Drama, Romance, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 4, 1981, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2010
Runtime: 3h 15m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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