Red Roses and Petrol
About this movie
- Synopsis
- Their father having recently died, three estranged Irish siblings come together under the same roof for the first time in years in director Tamar Simon Hoffs' feature adaptation of an original stage by Joseph O'Connor....
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- Starring
- Malcolm McDowell, Olivia Tracey, Heather Jurgenson, Max Beesley, Greg Ellis
- Director(s)
- Tamar Simon Hoffs
- Distributor(s)
- World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min.
Critic Reviews
Because "Petrol" is so grim, its few moments of repentance and reconciliation don't feel as contrived as they might otherwise; if any film has earned the right to be sentimental, it's this one.Read the full review
This is the kind of movie in which characters revere poetry, yet hardly anything about the writing (it's based on a stage play by Joseph O'Connor) or directing (by Tamar Simon Hoffs) qualifies as poetic.Read the full review
It all rings particularly hollow in light of several recent pics ("Last Orders" and "The Barbarian Invasions" chief among them) that have explored similar terrain with much greater emotion and intelligence.Read the full review
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07/29/08 Synopsis: Based on a successful Irish play by acclaimed writer Joseph O'Connor, and directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs, Red Roses and Petrol is a darkly comedic drama and a tour-de-force showcase for Malcolm McDowell as Enda Doyle, a university librarian, poet, and rascal who is the flawed patriarch of a... | Rotten Tomatoes