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  • 2023
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2023
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Ruth (Charlotte Rampling) is a worldly former war correspondent now bored in retirement with a drinking problem and a newly fractured leg. Sam (George Ferrier) is her unruly grandson, recently kicked out of boarding school and grieving the death of his mother. When the two are brought together under the same roof, they form an unexpected...

Directed By: Matthew J. Saville

Written By: Matthew J. Saville

  • 2023
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2023
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Juniper

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Ruth (Charlotte Rampling) is a worldly former war correspondent now bored in retirement with a drinking problem and a newly fractured leg. Sam (George Ferrier) is her unruly grandson, recently kicked out of boarding school and grieving the death of his mother. When the two are brought together under the same roof, they form an unexpected...

Directed By: Matthew J. Saville

Written By: Matthew J. Saville

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Metascore
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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91
Feb 24, 2023
The movie is one of those films that beautifully encapsulates life experiences, but breaks your heart in a way that you don’t immediately want to revisit it.
By Erick Massoto FULL REVIEW
88
Feb 27, 2023
I prefer to think of Juniper as chamber music—muted, soft, with a certain ache that lingers.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
83
Feb 21, 2023
In the end, it’s a story about family coming together in the last moments of a loved one’s life and facing death with not only dignity but with honesty as well. A touching story.
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75
Feb 24, 2023
While Juniper as a whole is not great, it has enough wit and intelligence to be better than it sounds. Most of all, it has Rampling, as captivating as ever; she proves once again that she can single-handedly take somewhat dubious material and make it eminently watchable.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 23, 2023
Predictably, their relationship softens up, but the film nevertheless maintains some of its prickly charm, in no small part because of the feisty Rampling, whose ice-queen persona here straddles bone-dry humor and withering tragedy.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 23, 2023
Saville too often skims the surfaces of his characters, substituting traumatic concepts and plot devices for narrative logic and truly authentic, compelling emotion.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 21, 2023
Actor turned writer-director Matthew J. Saville’s debut feature makes for a dry, unemotional blend of dark comedy and co-dependency, scenic but desultory, even when Rampling is at her best.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Sandy Lane Productions, Celsius Entertainment, Fulcrum Media Finance, New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand Screen Production Grant
Release Date Feb 24, 2023
Duration 1 h 34 m
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Website https://greenwichentertainment.com/film/juniper/
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Awards

BIFEST - Bari International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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