I dont mind bleak & slow, & I like NZ scenery, but somehow Juniper didn't engage me as I hoped. It is a bit predictable with a few hard to believe excursions of the story.
Sam ((George Ferrier) is forced to help care for his alcoholic harridan gran ( Charlotte Rampling). At first much yelling & angst between the two, slightly overdone at the start, - you can sort of do the script from here. As a foil of an almost normal person in the middle, is the nurse, very well played by Edith Poor.
The acting is good, Rampling great as ever (that face!) - & Ferrier, with the intimidating task of sparring with cinema royalty did very well. Marton Csokas as the father did what he could with a lesser role of an unappealing character. The schoolmates and the NZ scenery looked good. Certainly not the worst dysfunctional family drama I have seen & for me worth the trip to the movies.
Sam ((George Ferrier) is forced to help care for his alcoholic harridan gran ( Charlotte Rampling). At first much yelling & angst between the two, slightly overdone at the start, - you can sort of do the script from here. As a foil of an almost normal person in the middle, is the nurse, very well played by Edith Poor.
The acting is good, Rampling great as ever (that face!) - & Ferrier, with the intimidating task of sparring with cinema royalty did very well. Marton Csokas as the father did what he could with a lesser role of an unappealing character. The schoolmates and the NZ scenery looked good. Certainly not the worst dysfunctional family drama I have seen & for me worth the trip to the movies.