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📅 2023 ⏱ 1h 37min R Released FHD / 4K

Flora and Son

"Talent is relative."

MusicComedyDrama

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.

🎬 DirectorJohn Carney

📅 Release2023-09-21

🌍 CountryIreland, United States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioLikely Story, FilmNation Entertainment, Fifth Season

🗳 Votes209

🔥 Popularity2

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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

Harvey Hutchinson

Keith

Melissa Morefield

Ukulele Girl

Keith McErlean

Barry

🎥 Crew

Director John Carney

Director of Photography John Conroy

Writer John Carney

Producer Anthony Bregman

Producer John Carney

Producer Peter Cron

Producer Rebecca O'Flanagan

Producer Robert Walpole

Executive Producer Cathleen Dore

Executive Producer Milan Popelka

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🏷 Keywords

musicaldublin, irelandromancesingle motherteenage boymusic recordingsongwritingmother son relationshipguitar instructionjuvenile delinquency

💬 Reviews

Brent Marchant ⭐ 5/10

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 rais…

CinemaSerf ⭐ 7/10

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 gir…

Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots ⭐ 7/10

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 deli…