Little about the Doyles makes you want to partake of their sour hospitality, even if it’s only for an hour and a half.
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10/18/08
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Red Roses and Petrol (2008)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:1
Rotten:10
Average Rating:3.8/10
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:2008
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... [More]
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Susan Lynch, Max Beesley, Greg Ellis
Director: Tamar Simon Hoffs
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Reviews for Red Roses and Petrol
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10/18/08
Top CriticBecause 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.
09/12/08
Top CriticAs even a novice moviegoer would expect, they argue and drink, then argue and drink some more.
06/27/08
Top CriticSolid performances and a literary feel help turn a standard family-rift drama into a dry but saucy narrative.
06/27/08
Top CriticIf, as Tolstoy observed, happy families are alike, and each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, the Dublin-set film Red Roses and Petrol didn't get the message, being a dysfunctional clan movie that feels dispiritingly like all the others.
06/27/08
Top CriticWith her static camera, director and co-writer Tamar Simon Hoffs has done little to move it out of its staginess.
06/27/08
In Red Roses and Petrol, a soused, post-funeral postmortem on a dysfunctional Dublin family, the misery seeps from the screen in cold, damp waves; by the end you’ll be grabbing for the bottle yourself.
06/27/08
Top CriticMired by cliché and oddly beset by a sense of false Irishness.
06/27/08
As bland and effortless to consume as a Fig Newton (sickly sweet goo included), this rote entry in the dysfunctional-family-gathers-at-a-funeral genre makes no demands on its viewers beyond a limp appeal to the tear ducts.
06/26/08
Tamar Simon Hoffs's bland-as-boiled-cabbage adaptation of Joseph O'Connor's play finally hobbles into theaters, reminding us every 15 seconds that just because it looks distinctly American and was shot in California, it's a fookin' Irish movie.
06/25/08
Top CriticI’d rather just sit in on one of my own families squabbles; we’re much more entertaining.
10/27/07
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