Master Gardener

2022

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

24
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 53% · 184 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 53%
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 13031 13K

garden character study

Plot summary

Narvel Roth is a meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.

Director

Paul Schrader Photo
Paul Schrader

Top cast

Sigourney Weaver Photo
Sigourney Weaver as Norma Haverhill
Joel Edgerton Photo
Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth
DJames Jones Photo
DJames Jones as Reverend Charles
Jared Bankens Photo
Jared Bankens as R.G
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1 hr 51 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by BoBo_Goal32 7 / 10

Not just any Gardener

Sometimes, it seems, a gardener is not a simple man who just takes care flowers and herbs. Sometimes he takes form of Joel Edgerton and with an enigmatic and stoic look he riddles his audience a riddle regarding his true identity.Narvel Roth is a well talented gardener, who works for a snob, rich and unpleasant land owner. It is not known what secret identity he has, but over the surface their relationship doesn't tell what else is there except very rich woman and her beloved employee, which prepares her garden for a flowers auction sale.Once her grandniece enters their lives things rapidly change and the outer coating of Narvel starts to dry out and masks start to crack and fall down.It is a classic enigmatic tale from Paul Schrader's line of creations. Though the movie is almost two hours of well-crafted tale and script, the movie maintains its relationship with the viewer and connects easily to the main characters.It is sometimes weary but almost at all times this slow burner manages to compensate its audience and keep them involved with plot changing, while revealing small details, that will keep the tension and the viewer intriguing, regarding the following steps of the movie.It is a movie for small festivals audiences, but it is well written, directed, shot and well performed by the main characters and another interesting creation from Schrader.
Reviewed by godsnames 7 / 10

A slow burner that after 10 minutes you just forget to check your phone

I had just watched 'You Hurt My Feelings' before this one, a very poor effort at trying to make some emotions for its story, but then I stumbled upon this movie accidentally. Wow. What a difference it makes. Not only had it top-class acting in every department, but also a story so well told, I was constantly wondering where it was going. Will it be bloody as hell (what I expected), or something completely different? Real emotions ran deep in this movie, never over-explained any of them at all. The direction is spot-on, obviously, as so the score and editing. It has been simply the best effort about human emotions since I saw 'Fathers and Daughters' back in 2015.
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