Rosebush Pruning

Hmmm. I reckon this is supposed to be a critique on the moral turpitude of the hierarchical family unit, but somehow it just never really hit home. Four siblings live a life of luxury, seemingly funded by their late mother's fortune, whilst they tend to the needs of their blind father (Tracy Letts). It's elder brother "Jack" (Jamie Bell) who pretty much keeps the ship afloat with sister "Anna" (Riley Keough) and brothers "Ed" (Callum Turner) and "Robert" (Lukas Gage) who brings a certain sexual fluidity to the proceedings. When girlfriend "Martha" (Elle Fanning) gives "Jack" an ultimatum about his commitment - or lack of it, and "Ed" shows some of his own prurient true colours we begin to discover a little more about this rather creepy family. Now on the menu here are some interesting items and in theory the cast - including Pamela Anderson's flashback appearances as the mother - ought...

The collapse of an ephemeral dynasty Under the scorching sun of a luxurious Catalonia villa, four American siblings live in hedonistic isolation, squandering their immense fortune. Carefree and oblivious to the outside world, they ignore the demands of their strict, visually impaired patriarch, seeking validation solely through pop music, incestuous obsessions, and haute couture fashion. The fragile equilibrium of this superficial dynasty fractures when Jack, the eldest brother and the group's linchpin, announces his plans to move out with his new girlfriend, Martha. The intrusion of this outsider cuts their ties of codependency, driving one sibling to unearth the dark secrets surrounding their mother's suspicious death. From that moment on, generational lies collapse, and the family spirals into violent self-destruction under the premise that, much like rosebusps, families sometimes...