4/10
Rose Plays Julie is a slow but atmospheric Irish drama film
30 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
So you have adopted Rose who starts looking for her biological mum after her adopted mum passes away who hadn't looked for her in the previous years. So she contacts her actress birth mum with ease and somehow has her mobile number and even starts showing up around her set and the birth mom recognises her in an instant (after 20 years) Then it continues with the birth mum giving all info up after meeting her in minutes including the rape and rapist who is a celebrity archeologist. (Do they exist Celeb Archeologists?)

So next Rose infiltrates archeological dig led by Peter, wearing a black wig over her red hair (I have no idea why) so later on there is a showdown where Rose decides to go to Peter's house to murder (her rapist father) with a syringe of animal drugs and his intention is to rape her (his daughter). It doesn't seem to bother Rose that she is committing murder and she will give up her life and serve a long sentence in prison but thats fine it seems. Anyway its a failure as the deadly syringe gets broken in a scuffle and Peter gets bonked on the head but survives but knows who she is.

Later on in the movie In steps birth mom Ellen who meets Peter who finishes the job for Rose at the golf course where she was raped all those years by injecting him with the deadly drug. Seemingly sleazebag Peter is fine with being murdered and accepts it. So Ellen is completely at ease with committing murder and going to prison for the rest of her life for the daughter she hadn't bothered with since birth and effectively ruining the life of her other 16 y/o daughter after her mom goes to jail

All in all I didn't buy it at all, the actions of the characters and how quickly in which it all moved. What I did like however was the atmospheric nature of the movie, the lead actress Rose (Ann Skelly) and the eerie movie score which at times reminded me of the Shining. Aidan Gillen as Peter everytime I see him I see Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish from Game of Thrones. I wouldn't recommend this, its to slow and the story is ridiclous.
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