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6.1/10 • 276

2023-05-191h 51m

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The seeds of love grow like the seeds of hate.

Narvel Roth is a meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.

Directors
Paul Schrader
Writters
Paul Schrader
Editors
Paul Schrader, Ben Rodriguez Jr.

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  1. Joel Edgerton

    Joel Edgerton

    Narvel Roth

  2. Sigourney Weaver

    Sigourney Weaver

    Norma Haverhill

  3. Quintessa Swindell

    Quintessa Swindell

    Maya Core

  4. Esai Morales

    Esai Morales

    Oscar Neruda

  5. Eduardo Losan

    Eduardo Losan

    Xavier

  6. Victoria Hill

    Victoria Hill

    Isobel Phelps

  7. Amy Le

    Amy Le

    Janine

  8. Erika Ashley

    Erika Ashley

    Maggie

  9. Timothy McKinney

    Timothy McKinney

    Ronnie

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CinemaSerf

May 27, 2023

6/10

"Narvel" (Joel Edgerton) is the head gardener on the estate of the wealthy, slightly eccentric, "Norma" (Sigourney Weaver) with both being enormously proud of their horticultural expertise and creations. One afternoon, she entertains him to tea and explains that her great-neice "Maya" (Quintessa Swindell) will be joining his team as an apprentice. The women have never met, nor does "Norma" know much about her - but he agrees and she duly arrives. Initially, we think she's a typically recalcitrant teenager with ripped jeans and permanently glued to her earphones. It becomes quite clear, though, that she is interested and the two begin to bond. There are some extra-curricular elements to the plot that gradually draw the story away from the simplicity and precision of the gardening theme and immerse us in the hatred of white supremacy and the violence of drug dealing and the film becomes more predictable. The first twenty minutes or so have an intriguing intensity to them but as the story develops, the (romantic) melodrama creeps in and the story starts to lose it's originality. By the last half hour I found the whole thing had become really quite mediocre and Edgerton, who starts off as something of an enigma ends up rather banal. That said, his performance is quite effective, menacing even, at times and Swindell is competent enough - it's just all a bit seen it before. Worth a watch, but it could have delivered better.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$4,100,000.00
Revenue
$1,506,008.00
Keywords
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