The Poison Rose

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The Poison Rose

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Released May 24, 2019

1h 38m

Mystery & Thriller

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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

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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

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Rex Reed

Observer

Nothing makes much sense here, including the title.

Rated: 1/4

May 28, 2019

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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