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Wild Rose

Wild Rose

Music · Comedy · Drama · 2019

A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

Movie details

Wild Rose

“Sing your own song.”

2019 Music · Comedy · Drama 1h 41m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.1 / 10

15.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

92 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

80 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Wild Rose?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tom Harper

Written by

Nicole Taylor

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Rose-Lynn Harlan

Julie Walters

Julie Walters

Marion

Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Susannah

Jamie Sives

Jamie Sives

Sam

Craig Parkinson

Craig Parkinson

Alan

A

Adam Mitchell

Lyle

D

Daisy Littlefield

Wynonna

Court is in session

Put Wild Rose on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.