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The Poison Rose

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A hard-drinking detective takes on what looks to be a routine missing person case, only to be drawn into a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.
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Donald Clarke Irish Times Are you trying to be The Long Goodbye. I knew the Long Goodbye. I worked with The Long Goodbye. You, sir, are no The Long Goodbye. Rated: 1/5 Feb 5, 2021 Full Review Cath Clarke Guardian It's a preposterous plot, with a damp-squib ending, and like an episode of Dallas, the dialogue gets phonier and phonier. "This is a bad place. Far worse than you can imagine." Ditto the film. Rated: 1/5 Feb 2, 2021 Full Review Rex Reed Observer Nothing makes much sense here, including the title. Rated: 1/4 May 28, 2019 Full Review John Sooja Common Sense Media This unsuccessful attempt at modern noir is painfully stale, obviously plotted, and incredibly boring. Rated: 2/5 Oct 25, 2022 Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel An onslaught of private detective cliches crudely formed into a movie-like shape, The Poison Rose is filled with twists but bereft of surprises. Rated: 1/5 Nov 30, 2021 Full Review Lucy Buglass Love Horror We've seen Travolta and Freeman in some masterpieces, but sadly this wasn't one of them. Rated: 2/5 Feb 8, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Johan L The critics are wrong. This is a good detective movie/film noir. I love the dialogue and slower pacing. Characters talk and react believably. If I hadn't read all those bad reviews I would have seen the movie much sooner. Good movie and worth your time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Alan g John Travolta and Morgan Freeman trying to see who can be the worse actor. Uneven jumbled confusing. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/28/24 Full Review John R One of the most disjointed movies I have tried to watch in years. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Matthew M At the beginning the movie seemed incredibly interesting and I was excited to see what would unfold only to be disappointed. The story was all over the place and you never really knew what was going on even at the end. The movie had a couple of moments where it was promising but then it was like if they forgot what they wrote as the movie progressed. The character development is horrendous and to tell you the truth I couldn't tell you a single thing about who anyone was for the most part because of how convoluted it was. For example the sheriff is portrayed as a wuss, then he's corrupt, and then he helps out the main character. It just doesn't make sense Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/24 Full Review Robert E Someone really needed to review the script. Hard to understand that a sheriff won't take it easy on a suspect, when the sheriff had done nothing about the abuse and had photos of it. Also, the move references a comet event in 1971...that was actually discovered and happened in 1973. Lots of stars, not that good of a script. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/24 Full Review Andrew M Good actors should know better than to work with John Travolta. His career is lower than what it was just prior to Pulp Fiction. This movie is garbage. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A hard-drinking detective takes on what looks to be a routine missing person case, only to be drawn into a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.
Director
Francesco Cinquemani, George Gallo, Luca Giliberto
Producer
Jeff Elliott, Oscar Generale, Andrea Iervolino, Richard Salvatore
Screenwriter
Francesco Cinquemani, Luca Giliberto, Richard Salvatore
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
JTP Films, March On Productions
Rating
R (Some Violence and Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 24, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 24, 2019
Runtime
1h 38m
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