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Wild Rose

2018

Tom Harper

Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives ...

6.5

1,789

Drama Rose-Lynn Harlan is bursting with raw talent, charisma and cheek. Fresh out of prison and reunited with her son and daughter, all she wants is to get out of Glasgow and make it as a country singer in Nashville. Rose's mother Marion, on the other hand, has had a bellyful of her worthless nonsense. Forced to take strict responsibility, Rose gets a cleaning job, only to find an unlikely champion in the middle-class lady of the house.

	Author	Review
United States	Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Out of these familiar, predictable elements director Tom Harper and screenwriter Nicole Taylor have fashioned something entirely delightful"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'Wild Rose' tells a richly stirring human story which Buckley performs with an incandescent star-is-born glow, it lets you experience what the glory of country music really is: an art torn straight from life itself.	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Buckley is unbelievably great (...) She’s a force of nature in every scene, but your heart stops beating whenever she starts to sing."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[It] is anything but the same old underdog story. And chances are you’ll fall fast and hard for breakout star Jessie Buckley (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Tom Harper certainly knows how to get the best out of his young star [Buckley]"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"'Wild Rose' is a serious crowd-pleaser all right, but what’s so refreshing about it is the way it refuses emotional shortcuts – it doesn’t cheat, rarely sentimentalises (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"My reservation is that the story itself is a bit forced and contrived, with a soft centre that’s been overcooked (...) Buckley provides a vitamin boost in every scene (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Terri White Empire	"Jessie Buckley impresses again (...) A seemingly well-worn narrative becomes a more interesting look at the responsibilities and rights of being a mother with a dream (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jenny Desborough Mirror	"Jessie Buckley gives a stand-out performance (...) It is heartbreaking in many ways (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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