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RED RIDING TRILOGYMovie Reviews
Crime drama, and a trilogy of movies, about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper, a brutal serial killer who stalked the Yorkshire area of England in the 1970s and 1980s. Cast:Andrew Garfield, Paddy Considine, David Morrissey, Rebecca Hall, Peter MullanDirector:Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand TuckeRelease Date:February 5, 2010DVD Release:August 17, 2010From:IFCLength:5 hr. 8 min.
AUGUST 17, 2010
Red Riding Trilogy, Outstanding Reviews, Mixed Key Cities
Red Riding Trilogy played in key cities to outstanding reviews that at the same time were mixed. • Ty Burr wrote in the Boston Globe, "300 minutes of tawdry secrets vomited into the cold Yorkshire air... the movie equivalent of a malevolent paperback read you can’t bring yourself to put down." • And David Denby wrote in the New Yorker, "...a mammoth, sensationally violent and beautiful five-hour movie." More Reviews Below...
Red Riding Trilogy Positive Reviews (32 Reviews, reviews below)
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING(cg) "The execution is thrilling: three different directors, three different visual styles, and a great cast of seasoned character actors."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 114 words, 02/19/10
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...hammers at the dark souls of its villains until they crack open, and it is a fascinating sight.... there can hardly be a character whose hidden evil comes as a surprise..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,015 words, 03/11/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (9 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...keeps the action hopping and you occasionally gagging, either in revulsion at its severity or at the tender, loving care with which it has been art directed."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,716 words, 02/05/10
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a towering and emotionally complex achievement.... each film has a different style -- and all contain haunting, mesmerizing performances. Simply stunning."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 194 words, 02/05/10
Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: OUTSTANDING(cg) "As with any project this ambitious, the finale can never be as satisfying as the buildup. You won't feel disappointed, exactly - a better word might be rescued."(See all of Rafer Guzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 268 words, 03/05/10
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...hammers at the dark souls of its villains until they crack open, and it is a fascinating sight.... there can hardly be a character whose hidden evil comes as a surprise..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,015 words, 03/11/10
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...a 305-minute triptych... '1980' is the best freestanding film by a wide margin... But any spell cast is diffused by weak clean-up man Anand Tucker's whiffed '1983'..."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 768 words, 02/03/10
KEY CITIES (12 Reviews)
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: MODERATE(cg) "...the net effect of watching these alternately gruesome and stylized crime dramas, each by a different director, is of having sat through a high-toned PBS series..."(See all of Ann Hornaday's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 434 words, 03/05/10
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD(cg) "Is it worth five hours of your movie-going time? I appreciated the atmospherics, the filmmaking and the excellent performances... [but] it is less than the sum of its parts."(See all of Carrie Rickey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 705 words, 03/12/10
Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "You might not enjoy sitting through 'Red Riding'; I didn't enjoy sitting through it. But on its own terms, 'Red Riding' succeeds."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 487 words, 04/02/10
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...grisly... The films are complex, long-form storytelling, requiring you to observe, recall and interpret as the story bleeds through three movie-length episodes."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 697 words, 04/16/10
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a hugely ambitious piece of work that packs a cumulative wallop... You leave the world of 'Red Riding' feeling drained and disoriented but in awe of the craft..."(See all of Chris Vognar's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 629 words, 03/26/10
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...with its remarkable performances, its brilliantly constructed puzzle, its dispiriting cycles of violence, the film isn't an easy ride. But it is an exhilarating one."(See all of Lisa Kennedy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 600 words, 03/05/10
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "300 minutes of tawdry secrets vomited into the cold Yorkshire air... the movie equivalent of a malevolent paperback read you can't bring yourself to put down."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 796 words, 02/19/10
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...well worth the time investment... At times it all feels like a bad dream -- one from which you may not want to wake up, just yet."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 613 words, 02/26/10
Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD(cg) "...they wield more power at the outset than they manage in the end.... The sort of wrongdoing these films depict is, terribly, timeless."(See all of Shawn Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 615 words, 03/26/10
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...it's not really about what happens, or why. It's about being immersed in the grittiness of the experience, while being grateful that it's only a movie."(See all of Calvin Wilson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 320 words, 04/09/10
Tom Long, Detroit News: EXCELLENT(cg) "Each film works well separately... but taken as one great sweep of a dark hand, it stands as a wrenching tale of power abused and lives discarded.... powerful..."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 621 words, 03/19/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (6 Reviews)
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...a 305-minute triptych... '1980' is the best freestanding film by a wide margin... But any spell cast is diffused by weak clean-up man Anand Tucker's whiffed '1983'..."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 768 words, 02/03/10
Keith Phipps, AV Club: EXCELLENT(cg) "...the stuff of Noir 101, but the series owes more to the moral murk of James Ellroy's L.A. and the civic spiderweb of 'The Wire' than conventional thrillers."(See all of Keith Phipps's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 342 words, 02/04/10
Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "James Marsh takes up 1980, and though he's best known for the Oscar-winning documentary 'Man on Wire,' he provides the trilogy's most powerful chapter."(See all of Curt Holman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,011 words, 05/05/10
Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper: GOOD "There is much to admire but little to enjoy... There's not an ounce of levity throughout, the tone circling only between dreary, ugly, and heinous."(See all of Tricia Olszewski's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 739 words, 03/04/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (4 Reviews)
John Anderson, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...perhaps the moviegoing event of the year.... Terrific performances... taut, disturbing, wonderfully awful and, at 307 minutes, epic."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 237 words, 02/12/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...keeps the action hopping and you occasionally gagging, either in revulsion at its severity or at the tender, loving care with which it has been art directed."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,716 words, 02/05/10
David Denby, New Yorker: OUTSTANDING "...a mammoth, sensationally violent and beautiful five-hour movie.... moves forward and backward in a single skein of visionary filmmaking."(See all of David Denby's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,516 words, 02/08/10
Todd McCarthy, Daily Variety: GOOD "...too many names and events are thrown at the viewer... [but] it serves to remind and reaffirm that world-class dramatic work continues to be done in the country."(See all of Todd McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,564 words, 09/03/09
Doris Toumarkine, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...while strong in performances and atmosphere, is a daunting tangle of characters, time periods, crimes and cover-ups that is more 'who's where' than whodunit."(See all of Doris Toumarkine's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 726 words, 02/05/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...keeps the action hopping and you occasionally gagging, either in revulsion at its severity or at the tender, loving care with which it has been art directed."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,716 words, 02/05/10
John Anderson, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...perhaps the moviegoing event of the year.... Terrific performances... taut, disturbing, wonderfully awful and, at 307 minutes, epic."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 237 words, 02/12/10
20.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Red Riding Trilogy's reviews are separated by an average 20.0 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Red Riding Trilogy (32 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Red Riding Trilogy's reviews cover 42.4% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 23,139 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 723 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 15 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Red Riding Trilogy's reviews on average broke 15 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Red Riding Trilogy's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Red Riding Trilogy (32 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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