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Flora and Son Review

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John Carney’s Flora and Son is another music driven charmer, with Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt at their most appealing. PLOT: Flora (Eve Hewson) is a hard-partying young mother living in Dublin with her teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). He’s a would-be delinquent constantly in trouble with the cops, while her ex (Jack Reynor) is … Read more

Flora and Son movie review & film summary (2023)

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Carney, who wrote and directed “Flora and Son,” uses music in the film to communicate, convey emotion, and incorporate it into the story as a means for characters to connect. What starts as a rocky, failed flirtation between Flora and her music teacher becomes a lovely sequence of a growing long-distance relationship. It’s easily the … Read more