Reds (1981)
88%RT Audience Score: 82%
Awards & Nominations: Won 3 Oscars
22 wins & 37 nominations total
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
Reds is a movie that’s as long as a CVS receipt, but don’t let that deter you from watching it. Warren Beatty gives a performance that’s so good, it’ll make you forget he was ever in Dick Tracy. The film is a mix of politics and romance, but don’t worry if you’re not into politics, you’ll still enjoy it. Just be prepared to take a few bathroom breaks. Overall, Reds is a movie that’s worth the investment of your time, just make sure you have a comfy couch and some snacks nearby.
Production Company(ies)
Government of West Bengal
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Senate Square, Helsinki, Finland
MPAA / Certificate
PG
Year of Release
1981
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Mono
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:3h 15m
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Language(s):English, Russian, German, French, Finnish, Italian
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 4, 1981 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2010
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Maureen Stapleton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, directed by Warren Beatty, written by Warren Beatty, Peter S Feibleman, Trevor Griffiths, Elaine May, Jeremy Pikser, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Bob Thomas, Stanley Kauffmann, Judith Martin, Keith Uhlich, Roger Ebert, PG rating, American journalist, Boleshevik Revolution, feminist icon, activist, playwright, Russia, left-wing politics, revolutionary change, passion, commitment, politics, ideals, health, Paramount Pictures, Stereo
Worldwide gross: $40,382,788
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $136,060,823
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 882
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 14,837,603
US/Canada gross: $40,382,659
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $136,060,823
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 560
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,325,029
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $7,833,693
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,023
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $32,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $107,817,228
Production budget ranking: 364
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $58,059,577
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$29,815,982
ROI to date (est.): -18%
ROI ranking: 1,489
Diane Keaton – Louise Bryant
Jack Nicholson – Eugene O’Neill
Maureen Stapleton – Emma Goldman
Edward Herrmann – Max Eastman
Jerzy Kosinski – Grigory Zinoviev
Director(s)
Warren Beatty
Writer(s)
Warren Beatty, Peter S. Feibleman, Trevor Griffiths, Elaine May, Jeremy Pikser
Producer(s)
Warren Beatty
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 3 Oscars
22 wins & 37 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Directing Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (48) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (5)
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.
October 22, 2018
Bob Thomas
Associated Press
TOP CRITIC
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.
January 8, 2018
Stanley Kauffmann
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
It is occasionally rambling and repetitious, but nearly always intelligent and engrossing.
May 9, 2017
Judith Martin
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
A left-leaning pretty boy’s distended, black book ramblings.
October 11, 2006
Keith Uhlich
Reverse Shot
TOP CRITIC
Reds is finally just an appealingly conventional epic movie-star romance with radical trimmings, but it contains several sharper elements that suggest the colorful period it seeks to recreate.
September 12, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Dan Callahan
Slant Magazine
TOP CRITIC
As for Beatty, Reds is his bravura turn.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
One of the five best films of the 1980s,
March 9, 2022
Kyle Smith
National Review
all the richer and more meaningful because it is not static history, but rather a grenade of genuine political passion lobbed into an era of increasing conservatism and military build-up-an elegy for an ideal
January 6, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
A movie rich in purpose and incident.
December 4, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
The wait is excruciating, but the final convergence of the leads’ periodically disparate paths is emotionally overwhelming – in a good way.
March 24, 2021 | Rating: 9/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Given the impeccable production values, first-rate performances and epic proportions, the movie’s just not as intriguing or involving as it should have been.
May 27, 2020 | Rating: 3/4
Larry Vitacco
Philadelphia Gay News
Here is a three and one-half hour docudrama that is claustrophobically filled with ceaseless political rhetoric and mixed with a limp, unpersuasive love story.
May 7, 2020
Michael Lasky
Bay Area Reporter…
Plot
American journalist John Reed journeys to Russia to document the Bolshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. His fervor for left-wing politics leads him to Louise Bryant, 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, and Reed returns to Russia, where his health declines.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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