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Buckley, so good in serial-killer thriller ‘Beast’, is sensational here.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Wild Rose is one of those films that you have to hunt for, and it’s well worth the effort.
60
Wild Rose fits the bill for a British indie, yet apart from Buckley’s radiance it sadly does not offer anything more or less. Comparable to Lady Macbeth and Florence Pugh’s break out performance, this really does feel like the moment the world stands up and recognises Buckley’s talents.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Leslie Felperin
Pure dead gallus (that's Scots for 'wonderful').
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The Observer (UK) by Mark Kermode
Jessie Buckley, who proved so electrifying in Michael Pearce’s psychological thriller Beast, lights up the screen as Rose-Lynn Harlan; a 23-year-old firebrand, fresh out of jail, wearing an electronic tag beneath white cowgirl boots.
90
Wild Rose, the closest thing to a sleeper I’ve seen at Toronto this year, is a happy-sad drama of starstruck fever that lifts you up and sweeps you along, touching you down in a puddle of well-earned tears.
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The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Buckley provides a vitamin boost in every scene.
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Landing the perfect ending is a challenge for any such story; A Star is Born, for all its guts and pathos, peaked early. Wild Rose holds its horses, and lets Rose-Lynn soar only when she’s worked out who she is.
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Ultimately, of course, it’s Buckley who makes Rose-Lynn soar off the screen. It’s a dazzling, raw, intoxicating performance, and when she sings, it’s simply electric.