I figured it wouldn't be a rip-snorting adventure, given the description, but political drama with pretty costumes is pretty much right up my alley.

I'm glad someone had the sense to tell the producers of Reds to shorten the first half! Even if they did eventually release the whole darn thing, on the mistaken belief that the movie was better with endless Greenwich Village. The Russian Revolution bits are a lot of fun, but by the time we finally got there I was like, 'Shouldn't this have been happening an hour ago?"