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Juniper

2021

Matthew J. Saville

Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas, George Ferrier, Edith Poor ...

5.6

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Drama On returning home from boarding school, a self-destructive teenager discovers his gin-soaked grandmother has moved in. A battle of wills ensues which enables him to embrace life again, and her to face her own mortality.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"The film suffers from a certain predictability, but it is well-made and affecting, and positively thrilling when Rampling is on screen."
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"Charlotte Rampling is absolutely furious and fabulous (...) 'Juniper', unfortunately, is let down by a couple of corny moments that belong in the made-for-TV version. It's a shame because elsewhere the directness is refreshing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"While 'Juniper' as a whole is not great, it has enough wit and intelligence to be better than it sounds. Most of all, it has Rampling, as captivating as ever (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"Saville too often skims the surfaces of his characters, substituting traumatic concepts and plot devices for narrative logic and truly authentic, compelling emotion"
		Erick Massoto Collider	"Charlotte Rampling gives an excellent performance (...) The movie is one of those films that beautifully encapsulates life experiences, but breaks your heart in a way that you don't immediately want to revisit it"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"[Charlotte] Rampling, thankfully, is miles above the material (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Beatrice Loayza The New York Times	"The film maintains some of its prickly charm, in no small part because of the feisty Rampling, whose ice-queen persona here straddles bone-dry humor and withering tragedy"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"'Juniper' often feels oddly impersonal and thinly sketched (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"Saville is smart to focus on the four main characters. But with so few players, that they still manage to remain opaque seems like a lack of imagination, vulnerability, or both"
		David Stratton The Australian	"Predictable as it is, the film is well written (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"

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