Flora and Son
Talent is relative.
Overview
Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.
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- Likely Story, FilmNation Entertainment, Fifth Season, Distressed Films, Treasure Entertainment
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Cast
Eve Hewson
Flora
Orén Kinlan
Max
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jeff
Jack Reynor
Ian
Marcella Plunkett
Kathy
Paul Reid
Kev
Don Wycherley
Guard
Amy Huberman
Aishling
Callan Cummins
Teenager in Music Shop
Sophie Vavasseur
Juanita
Margarita Murphy
Lawyer
Alex Deegan
Samantha
Keith McErlean
Barry
Ruairí Heading
Neighbour 2
Ailbhe Cowley
Young Woman (Defendant in Court)
Marcus Lamb
George Rooney
Aislín McGuckin
Judge McGovern
Stephen Jones
Therapist
Kelly Thornton
Heart
Joni Mitchell
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- John Carney
- Writers
- John Carney
- Cinematography
- John Conroy
- Composer
- Gary Clark
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Brent Marchant
September 30, 2023
The hype swirling around this romantic/creative saga about how the power of love and art can solve virtually any problem has indeed been palpable, but the finished product unfortunately fails to live up to its ambitious billing. Writer-director John Carney’s latest feature tells the story of Flora (Eve Hewson), a Dublin working class single mom with questionable values who’s struggling to raise her (allegedly) rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). But, in doing so, the picture tends to wand…
CinemaSerf
October 7, 2023
There's not a great deal of plausibility with this story, but I still really quite enjoyed it. "Flora" (Eve Hewson) has a sort of hate/hate relationship with her pretty wayward fourteen year old lad "Max" (Orén Kinlan) as she struggles to make ends meet while his dad "Ian" (Jack Reynor) has shacked up with his new, pseudo-Spanish, girlfriend. "Max" is a typical unruly kid: into petty theft, a girl who isn't going to look at him twice and "Flora" is at her wits end. Returning from work one aftern…
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
October 9, 2023
Writer / director John Carney is the master of making crowd-pleasing films for music lovers, and his latest won’t disappoint. “Flora and Son” is a terrific addition to his filmography (“Once,” “Begin Again,” “Sing Street“) and it fits in quite nicely with a simple, tidy story that’s easily accessible to all audiences. Flora (Eve Hewson) is a young, sassy divorced mom to delinquent teen Max (Orén Kinlan), a boy who has been in trouble most of his life. The two live in Dublin in a small flat, a…