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.

| Oct 22, 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.

| Jan 8, 2018

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

| May 9, 2017

A left-leaning pretty boy's distended, black book ramblings.

Full Review | Oct 11, 2006

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 12, 2006

As for Beatty, Reds is his bravura turn.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Reds is an extremely fine film.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 1, 2002