Dare to Be Wild

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Dare to Be Wild

2015,

1h 40m,

Biography/

Drama/

Romance

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18%

11 Reviews

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69%

50+ Ratings

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18%

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11 Reviews

69%

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50+ Ratings

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

Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Sep 25, 2016

1/5

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.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Sep 23, 2016

2/5

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

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Kate Muir

The Times (UK)

Sep 23, 2016

2/5

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.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Jun 6, 2017

3.5/5

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.

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Cathy Butler

Film Ireland Magazine

Oct 5, 2016

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

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Hilary A White

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Sep 27, 2016

3/5

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

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George S

May 6, 2018

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.

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Anakin W

Apr 13, 2018

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.

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Hermione G

Apr 8, 2018

Just saw and thought it very timely, inspiring. Not a fan of mono-culture lawns or nursery stock...

Luke W

Mar 12, 2017

A horribly told, but very interesting story with excellent locations.

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Vivienne De Courcy

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Emma Greenwell

Mary Reynolds

Tom Hughes

Christy Collard

Alex Macqueen

Nigel Hogg

Janie Dee

Marigold

Christine Marzano

Charlotte 'Shah' Heavey

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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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