Wild Rose

Director: Tom Harper Tom Harper

Overview

After being released from prison, aspiring Scottish country singer Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) gets a job as a housekeeper in Glasgow. Despite her mother's (Julie Waters) insistence she finally be responsible for the sake of her children, Rose-Lynn can't give up her dreams of Nashville stardom. After her boss Susannah (Sophie Okonedo) discovers her talents, she raises money for Rose-Lynn to fly to the U.S. Given the chance to finally become a country singer, Rose-Lynn discovers what she's really been chasing after all along. Directed by Tom Harper.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/17/2019
UPC:	0191329097021
Original Release:	2019
Rating:	R
Source:	Universal Studios
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	54,486

Special Features

Deleted Scenes; Interview with Jessie Buckley; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jessie Buckley	Rose-Lynn Harlan
Julie Walters	Marion
Sophie Okonedo	Susannah
Jamie Sives	Sam
Ashley Shelton	Actor
Matt Costello	Actor
Jane Patterson	Actor
Lesley Hart	Actor
Carol Pyper Rafferty	Actor
Natalie McConnon	Actor
Maureen Carr	Actor
James Harkness	Actor
Adam Mitchell	Actor
Daisy Littlefield	Actor
Louise McCarthy	Actor
Alison Simpson	Actor
Janey Godley	Actor
Brian McQuade	Actor
Craig Parkinson	Actor
Margaret MacKenzie	Actor
Marianne McIvor	Actor
Carolyn Calder	Actor
Natali McCleary	Actor
Doreen McGillivray	Actor
Ryan Kerr	Actor,Actor
David McGowan	Actor
Martin Docherty	Actor
Kern Falconer	Actor
Benny Young	Actor
Tracy Wiles	Actor
Josh Whitelaw	Actor
Helen Katamba	Actor
Maryam Hamidi	Actor
Markus Hagen	Actor
Bob Harris	Actor
Ashley McBryde	Actor
Gemma McElhinney	Actor
Atta Yaqub	Actor
Vanya Eadie	Actor
Sondra Morton	Actor
J. Thomas Bailey	Actor
Aly MacRae	Actor
Phil Cunnigham	Actor
Aly Bain	Actor
Stuart Nisbet	Actor
Ben Nicholls	Actor
Neill MacColl	Actor
Andy Maya	Actor
Harriet Edmonds	Actor
LeAnn Radeka	Actor
Colin Nicolson	Actor
Kacey Musgraves	Guitar & Vocal
Jack Arnold	Composer

Technical Credits

Nicole Taylor

Tom Harper	Director
Faye Ward	Producer
Nicole Taylor	Screenwriter
Leslie Finlay	Executive Producer
Polly Stokes	Executive Producer
Natascha Wharton	Executive Producer
Grant Johnson	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

Wild Rose is a soulful, country and western take on the old fish-out-of-water story, filled with solid performances and great music to back up the premise. The unlikely story of a Glasgow ex-con who dreams of making it big as a Nashville country music singer seems like a stretch, until you see the star who dares to make it a possibility. Rose-Lynn (Jessie Buckley) finishes a prison sentence for drug trafficking with one thing on her mind: she's going to realize her dreams of becoming a Country singer in Nashville no matter what. Despite her commitment to that dream, the first hint that her priorities might not be in the right order is that her first stop after her release from prison is her boyfriend's house, rather than see her own children. Rose-Lynn's mother, Marion (Julie Walters) takes care of her 5-year old grandson who barely remembers his mom and 8-year old granddaughter who's not ready to have her mom back in her life yet. Marion is firm about setting Rose-Lynn back on the right life track; she provides the support of continuing to watch her daughter's estranged children, and she offers a loving sternness only a mother can get away with when she finds her daughter a job as a housekeeper. Susannah (Sophie Okonedo) is wealthy Black woman in need of a housekeeper, who discovers something special in Rose-Lynn's wild attitude toward life, as well as her outstanding voice. Even though she doesn't know about Rose-Lynn's children, Susannah petitions her other wealthy friends to raise the money to send Rose-Lynn to Nashville. As the young starlet arrives in the USA to build her dreams, Wild Rose could have weathered some very predictable storms, but instead she chooses a slightly different path. Her motto, "three chords, and the truth," which is tattooed on her arm, draws out some amazing new songs, along with some deeper truths about her own character. Director Tom Harper (The Woman in Black 2) takes the back seat, allowing his stars to lead us through the emotionally fraught film. He lets the music co-star in this motion picture, as it absolutely should. The scrappy bits of Rose-Lynn's life are treated with respect toward the subject matter. Screenwriter Nicole Taylor (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) follows the tried and true crowd-pleasing formula of A Star Is Born, but still pens in enough unpredictable, honest moments to make Wild Rose very much its own thing. Wherever the faults are in the story, the stars are more than happy to fill them with their charm and honest takes on the characters. Ultimately, Wild Rose is a call back to when truly talented stars were the driving force behind a film. It is truly impressive to watch Jessie Buckley's emotional interpretation of Rose-Lynn coupled with her stage presence and beautiful voice as she belts out those tunes on stage. No matter what the final takeaway is on the message of the film, the warm feeling of having gone through such an experience is more than worth the price of admission.