“Wild Rose”

I’m a sucker for these kind of movies. A troubled young mother from Glasgow named Rose (Jessie Buckley) wants to make it in Nashville as a country singer. She has the talent and the drive, but she carries some handicaps with her. She is from Scotland and there aren’t many country singers from that part of the world and she has a young child as well as a checkered past. She does what she can locally and with the support of her friend who she takes of her children, she goes for it, only to ultimately run into some roadblocks, a few of her own accord. The story is atypical of this genre, but for these movies to work you have to want to believe in the main character and want them to succeed and you do. Rose is a very likeable person despite being tough, foul mouthed and not very friendly, but she does have a soft side that is very nice to watch on screen especially when it comes to her friends and family. The music is good too as the soundtrack is littered with country music from artists that I like in that genre including Maria Mckee and Kasey Musgraves. I’m not a country music fan, but the music in this film is quite good. The show stopping song at the end of the film “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” is a beautiful song and was recently snubbed by the Oscars. Go figure and not surprised. This is a sweet uplifting film that is worth taking a look at.

Rating: (***)