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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, Red Riding is a mesmerizing neo-noir epic based on factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni from David Peace's electrifying series of novels. An official selection of the Telluride, New York, Chicago and AFI Festivals, and acclaimed by critics an eminent accomplishment,...

Directed By: Anand Tucker

Written By: Tony Grisoni, David Peace

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 40 m

Red Riding Trilogy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings
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Summary Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, Red Riding is a mesmerizing neo-noir epic based on factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni from David Peace's electrifying series of novels. An official selection of the Telluride, New York, Chicago and AFI Festivals, and acclaimed by critics an eminent accomplishment,...

Directed By: Anand Tucker

Written By: Tony Grisoni, David Peace

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
77
67% Positive
10 Reviews
33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
77
67% Positive
10 Reviews
33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
The success of the three, separately screened films -- the first set in 1974, the second in 1980 and the concluding segment in 1983 -- depends not on their specifics, but on their ability to sustain an atmosphere that's appropriate to the dark but haunting story.
By Calvin Wilson FULL REVIEW
100
The powerfully disturbing Red Riding trilogy will haunt you waking and sleeping, night and day. If you survive the watching of it, that is, which is no easy thing.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
90
An exhausting, morbidly fascinating, and finally thrilling experience.
By David Denby FULL REVIEW
90
Of course the films and the books each have to stand on their own, but Grisoni's stripped-down narrative definitely offers advantages, throwing some of the story's archetypal themes into sharper relief.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
70
Grimly mesmerizing saga.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
50
Direction of all three films is no more than workmanlike, which isn't surprising since they were originally made for British television. The acting, on the other hand, is sometimes superb.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
50
The fact that the films hang together at the brink of incoherence is a credit to the assembled acting talent. Rebecca Hall and Maxine Peake deserve note, oases in this nasty, masculine world.
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Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings
7.0
59% Positive
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38% Mixed
12 Ratings
3% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 32 User Ratings
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38% Mixed
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3% Negative
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Production Company Channel 4, Screen Yorkshire, Lipsync Productions, Revolution Films, Screen Yorkshire Production Fund
Release Date Mar 3, 2009
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://channel4.com/redriding
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