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Rosebush Pruning

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Jonathan Romney Screen International 6h
It’s also lusciously styled -- there are few directors as creative with colour as Aïnouz. But it’s a bloodless affair, its shock tactics utterly mechanical. Go to Full Review
Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture 1d
Rosebush Pruning tries to be about something while pretending not to be about anything at all; it’s somehow both too stupid and too cool for the room. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian 2d
2/5
I have to admit to finding it heavy-handed and clumsy more often than not, although there are some good performances, notably from Jamie Bell and Elle Fanning. Go to Full Review
Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain) 1d
3/5
The film dramatizes the perversion of some rich idiots in the style of the classic 'Hands in the Pocket'. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 2d
2/5
If there’s any need to make another film about despicable, beautiful, filthy rich monsters, at least decide what, if anything, might be of interest to say. If families are rose bushes needing pruning, then so are scripts. Go to Full Review
Damon Wise Deadline Hollywood Daily 2d
This insane black comedy might well be worth your while, a bad-taste riot that surpasses Aïnouz’s last film Motel Destino in all its candy-colored decadence. Go to Full Review
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Rosebush Pruning

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Movie Info

Director
Karim Aïnouz
Screenwriter
Efthimis Filippou
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 34m