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• Music
• Drama

• 2019
• Tom Harper (3)
• 96 mins
• 15

Summary

Music drama starring Jessie Buckley and Julie Walters. Fresh out of prison, aspiring country singer Rose-Lynn Harlan moves back in with her mum and two young kids in Glasgow. She wants to go to Nashville, but life keeps getting in the way of her dreams.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

Glasgow grit meets Nashville swagger for a funny and touching musical drama from Tom Harper that mostly strikes the right note. Jessie Buckley is sensational as Scottish songstress Rose-Lynn Harlan, who's as troubled as she is talented. Fresh out of prison, this brazenly ambitious live wire is a mother trying and failing to make amends to her two young children, while her own mum (Julie Walters) pours scorn on her dream of country-music success. Singing with the same unbridled passion that lands her in hot water, Rose-Lynn finds a champion when she begins cleaning the house of the benevolent Susannah (Sophie Okonedo). Screenwriter Nicole Taylor (TV's Three Girls) adds enough reality checks to the star-is-born story to create a dynamite protagonist who combines salty humour with the achy, breaky heart of an artist. Buckley co-wrote several of the original songs with Taylor, and captivates with Rose-Lynn's fallibility, soul-shaking voice and gumption. The narrative tends toward the predictable as it strives to deliver a satisfying happy ending, but the depth and determination of its leading lady sets it apart.

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7.1/10

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Cast

rolenameRose-Lynn HarlanJessie BuckleyMarionJulie WaltersSusannahSophie OkonedoSamJamie SivesAlanCraig ParkinsonElliotJames HarknessRoanneAshley SheltonKirstyVanya EadieJoeAly BainNeillNeil MacCollIverPhil Cunningham

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rolenameDirectorTom Harper (3)

Details

Theatrical distributor

Entertainment One

Released on

2019-04-12

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, sex scenes

Available on

DVD

Formats

Colour

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