80
A modest, social realist drama, its air of familiarity does not diminish its impact as a heartbreaker.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
100
It is a compelling, powerful, and engaging drama that demands to be seen.
80
This small, tough film provides no easy solutions.
80
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
[A] moving drama ... With its quiet realism and almost unbearably intimate hand-held camera work ... "Rosie" holds our hands to a flame of desperation.
90
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Made with a restraint that enhances the heartbreaking nature of its narrative, Rosie is also fortunate in having top-of-the-line Irish actress Sarah Greene, who is wrenchingly involving as a character teetering on the edge of complete desperation.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Leslie Felperin
The film is an empathy generator, an antidote to compassion fatigue.
83
We’re gripped by the tension of Greene’s tautly calibrated performance, as a mother performing a daily high-wire act, trying to keep her family together and her children from harm.
80
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
There is great sadness in this film – and great anger.
88
A heartbreaking, underplayed and intensely gripping Roddy Doyle story about modern homelessness.
80
The Observer (UK) by Wendy Ide
Greene is terrific – her Rosie is a force of nature. When she cracks, briefly, under the strain, her voice is a raw blade cutting through the bubble of safety she has created but no longer believes in.