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MOVIE OF THE WEEK March 19, 2021: ROSE PLAYS JULIE

March 14, 2021April 16, 2021 Jennifer Merin aiden gillen, ann skelly, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, christine malloy, irish films, jennifer merin, Joe Lawlor, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, motw, movie pf the week, nikki baughan, orla brady, Pam Grady, rose plays julia, sandie angulo chen, sherin nicole, susan wloszczyna

In Rose Plays Julie the anxiety of a daughter’s discontent and her birth mother’s minefield of memories begin to run parallel. The film-makers layer in visuals of euthanasia, excavation, dissection, and horror to amplify a suspense that otherwise might’ve been melodrama. The result is an engrossing thriller made edgier by the performances of Ann Skelly and Orla Brady. From beginning to end, Rose Plays Julie is an effective examination of “what if” and sexual assault, one that leaves no doubt about the harm the latter causes, which is visceral and frightening and long lasting.

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ROSE PLAYS JULIE – Review by Loren King

March 10, 2021April 16, 2021 Loren King aiden gillen, ann skelly, christine malloy, irish films, joe lawler, motw, movie pf the week, orla brady, Rose Plays Julie

After this year gutting and revelatory Promising Young Woman and Tape, I didn’t think I could take another rape revenge movie no matter how original and empowering. But Rose Plays Julie, directed by Irish filmmakers Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, upends revenge tropes with unsettling and eerie imagery as it blends thriller, horror film and mother daughter bonding story, told via two female protagonists who flip the tables on victimhood.

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ROSE PLAYS JULIE – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

March 10, 2021March 14, 2021 Susan Wloszczyna aiden gillen, ann skelly, christine malloy, irish films, joe lawler, motw, movie pf the week, orla brady, Rose Plays Julie

If you had trouble watching Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman turning the tables on men who prey on inebriated women in bars as she sets a trap by acting drunk in clubs in you should be forewarned that the eerie, unnerving thriller Rose Plays Julie takes such matters more than a few steps farther. Let’s just say the spirit of the cult ‘80s vengeance drama Ms. 45 is alive and kicking years later.

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ROSE PLAYS JULIE – Review by Jennifer Merin

March 10, 2021March 14, 2021 Jennifer Merin aiden gillen, ann skelly, christine malloy, irish films, Joe Lawlor, motw, movie pf the week, orla brady, Rose Plays Julie

Rose Plays Julia is a potently foreboding femme-centric psychological thriller that calls up serious issues of feminine self-identity and self-esteem, of rage and revenge. Co-written and directed by Irish filmmaker partners Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, the plot revolves around a remarkably curious, resourceful and courageous young woman, Rose, who was adopted when she was an infant and, though she loves and has been happily nurtured by the adoptive parents who raised her, is determined to meet her birth parents and to find out why they abandoned her.

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ROSE PLAYS JULIE – Review by Nikki Baughan

March 10, 2021March 14, 2021 Nikki Baughan aiden gillen, ann skelly, christine malloy, irish films, Joe Lawlor, motw, movie pf the week, orla brady, rose plays julia

Stark, meditative and bracingly uncompromising, Rose Plays Julie is the bold third feature from writer/director duo Joe Lawlor and Christine

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