Synopsis
Jackie is a CCTV operator. Each day, she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.
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Cast
- Kate DickieJackie
- Tony CurranClyde Henderson
- Martin CompstonStevie
- Natalie PressApril
- Paul HigginsAvery
- John ComerfordMan with Dog
- Andrew ArmourAlfred
- Carolyn CalderCleaner
- Martin McCardieAngus
- Jessica AngusBronwyn
Recommendations
- 88
TV Guide Magazine
Academy Award-winning live-action-short director Andrea Arnold makes a startlingly assured debut with this low-key psychological chiller. - 80
Salon
It's still dynamite, the kind of sexy, paranoid, creepily atmospheric picture that invades all your senses at once. - 80
Village Voice
No one does poetic British with more remorseless hyper-realism than the Scots, and Arnold, who amassed a raft of reputable awards for her 2003 short film "Wasp," directs with a precociously sure touch and a raw taste for graphic sexuality rare in a woman helmer. It shocks, yet feels organic to the paranoid, loveless milieu portrayed in Red Road. - 80
Los Angeles Times
A spellbinding, intelligent thriller that takes its time to get where it's going but is well worth the trip. - 75
New York Post
Dickie is intense in her screen debut, which requires her to be in nearly every scene. The supporting cast is strong, and Robbie Ryan's handheld camera provides gritty ambiance for this taut thriller. - 70
Chicago Reader
Despite the thick Scottish accents, filmmaker Andrea Arnold kept me intrigued, but beyond a certain point the movie's ambiguity fades into indifference. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
You might call the film "Rear Window Times 100." - 70
The New York Times
In the arresting Red Road, the dire Orwellian warning that Big Brother is watching has evolved from a grim fantasy of totalitarianism into a banal fact of life.
