This co-production between the USA and several European countries was filmed in Spain, but is almost exclusively in English. The excerpt below is a cam from one of the gambling sites, over-dubbed in Russian, with German subtitles.
It’s a melodrama, and has been poorly received by the critics as well as the public
IMDb: 5.7
Tomato Meter: 27%
New York Magazine called it a star-studded bomb, and wrote that it was “somehow too stupid and also too cool for the room.”
In an opulent villa underneath the Catalonian sun, American siblings Jack, Ed, Anna and Robert wallow in isolation and their inherited fortune, eschewing the demands of their blind father, and seeking love and validation through each other and their latest designer clothes. When Jack, the eldest brother and linchpin of this family, announces he is moving in with his girlfriend, Martha, blood ties are severed and Ed starts to uncover the truth surrounding their mother’s death. Generational lies begin to unravel, and the fabric of this family slowly begins to disintegrate. From award-winning director Karim Aïnouz, ROSEBUSH PRUNING is an outrageous contemporary satire about the absurdity of the traditional patriarchal family starring Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage, Elena Anaya, with Tracy Letts, and Elle Fanning and Pamela Anderson.
Speaking of Elle, there was no nudity in “Margo” this week.
Needless to say, Elle Fanning has appeared here many times before.
I’ve sat thru worse movies no doubt to see actresses naked
She’s having a good year! Or, should I say, she’s been good to us this year.
Can’t wait for the Swedish-dubbed, Catalan-subtitled version.
Wow, they’re satirizing the absurdity of the traditional patriarch family??!! What a wild, utterly outrageous concept! How did they ever come with something so entirely original? And how did they get the courage to dare to do it? Well, if this doesn’t completely blow the doors off of Western society, I don’t know what will.
BTW, I just came out of a coma. Is 1968 over yet?
So Elle is going to have 2 spots on the 2026 top 10?
Very possible.
Well I’ll be fast-forwarding this one on mute. Good looking out!