Rose-Lynn Harlan is fresh out of serving a one year jail sentence. She is a 23-year-old working class woman from Glasgow, Scotland. She tries to change her chaotic life but she’s foulmouthed, streetwise, rebellions and free-spirited. She reunites with her children, the oldest is a girl Wynonna and the youngest is a boy Lyle. They have been cared for by their grandmother Marion. Marion openly despises Rose-Lynn’s lifestyle!! Marion has been working at a bakery in a shopping center for 20 years. Marion has had a very stable life style and struggles to understand her daughter She doesn’t know why Rose-Lynn wants to travel to Nashville, Tennessee?? It's because she wants to become a famous country singer? Rose-Lynn had been a former singer in the Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow. This is a country bar and she was fired by owners Jackie and Alan after they learned about her conviction. Because of Marion's good name, Rose-Lynn gets a job as a cleaning lady in the home of Susannah. She is upper-class woman married to James and she is the mother of Rory and Nell. Rose-Lynn is gifted with a powerful talent, charisma, cheekiness and a voice. Susannah hears Rose-Lynn singing and they become friends. Susannah throws a fund-raising party for Rose-Lynn to get the money to go to Nashville.
The children Wynonna and Lyle are once again neglected by Rose-Lynn and she doesn’t tell Susannah that she has two children. Susannah’s husband James mistrusts Rose-Lynn because Susannah is interested in helping her? He throws Susannah’s mistakes in her face and he knows she was in jail!! Marion sends an ultimatum to Rose-Lynn to force her to make a choice between her dream to be a singer or her reality as a mother!! Rose-Lynn has people who love her and also people who like her but she is her own worst enemy!! There is a LOT of strong language, social drinking and cigarette smoking along with a quick sex scene and kissing. Also, an adult character smokes marijuana. This is a familiar story line, working-class girl hopes to make it big one day. Rose-Lynn is also seeking redemption, she is willing to work hard and she has gratitude for what she receives. Don’t these good points count as something in her favor?? 4* (I really liked this movie)
101 min, Comedy directed by Tom Harper and written by Nicole Taylor with Jessie Buckley, Matt Costello, Jane Patterson, Lesley Hart Carol Pyper Rafferty, Natalie Mcconnon, Maureen Carr, James Harkness, Julie Walters, Adam Mitchell, Daisy LIttlefield, Louise Mccarthy, Allison Simpson, Janey Godley, Brian McQuade.
Note: Imdb 7.2 out of 10 with 5,727 views, Rotten Tomatoes 93% with 175 critics, 88% audience with 168 ratings, Roger Ebert 3 1/2* Christy Lemire, RollingStone 4* out of 5* Peter Travers, The Washington Post 4* Michael O’Sullivan, Amazon 3.9* out of 5* with 83 reviews, The Guardian 4* out of 5* Mark Kermode, Common Sense Media Sandie Angulo Chen, age 15+, 3* positive, 3* role models, 1* violence, 3* sex, 4* language.
Special Note: The soundtrack features tunes from Wynonna Judd, Bonnie Raitt, Trisha Yearwood and Kacey Musgraves.
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