Dare to Be Wild

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Dare to Be Wild

2015

1h 40m

Biography

Drama

Romance

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Irishwoman Mary Reynolds goes from an outsider to a champion at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

It's a herbaceous bore of a movie which trades in twee Oirish cliches and features a male romantic lead who has all the charisma of a shrub.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 25, 2016

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

This is film in which, to confirm the Chelsea administrator's Englishness, the great Alex Macqueen is asked to do calisthenics to Rule Britannia.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 23, 2016

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Kate Muir

The Times (UK)

The film version is pure Mills and Boon coupled with Grand Designs, even down to signs that say "20 days to Chelsea build" as the clock ticks.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 23, 2016

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Even with a few corny plot points, this is a beautifully made, thoroughly involving movie that might help change the way you think about nature.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 6, 2017

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Cathy Butler

Film Ireland Magazine

Dare to be Wild is a visual feast, but perhaps a bit too epic for this viewer.

Oct 5, 2016

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Hilary A White

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

These fairytale flourishes, a superb soundtrack and a potent environmental message are the film's finer qualities and source of its undeniable charm.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 27, 2016

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Pat M

Great story! It's nice to see a real story about people who do good and get good. And are good people.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/24

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Audience Member

A delightful romantic film and an effortless watch. If you're Irish and love nature, you will adore this film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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cees t

Pretty movie with some tacked-on drama.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I've seen this movie twice on netflix. As a landscape designer, it has special appeal. Outside of that, it's a sweet story based on real events, and the real Mary Reynolds is now an internationally renowned garden designer! It's message of forest conservation and forest gardens is an important one!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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It's a nice story and concept and the lead actress is good, but the desperation she portraits was hard to watch. It's hard to watch the male lead treat her so poorly for so long and have her still fall all over herself for him. It's a terrible example for young women to see in a film and if it is accurately based on the original person then he's a terrible human being in real life. It also doesn't help that the actor playing him in the movie comes across, himself as an actor, as being pretentious, which makes you despise the character even more. His exceptionally smug look was very hard to watch. This movie also starting out way too rushed and lacked a lot of character development. It was really hard to watch.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

The film's heart is always in the right place but Mary often seems naive to the point of imbecility and the approach to her story is relentlessly schmaltzy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

Irishwoman Mary Reynolds goes from an outsider to a champion at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Director: Vivienne De Courcy
Producer: Sarah E. Johnson, Patricia Lambrecht, Rebecca O'Flanagan, Robert Walpole
Screenwriter: Vivienne De Courcy
Production Co: Underground Films
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 9, 2018
Runtime: 1h 40m

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