Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Joel EdgertonNarvel Roth
- Sigourney WeaverNorma Haverhill
- Quintessa SwindellMaya
- Esai MoralesOscar Neruda
- Eduardo LosanXavier
- Victoria HillIsobel
- Amy LeJanine
- Timothy McKinneyRonnie
- Samuel AliGardener
- Erika AshleyMaggie
Recommandations
- 83
The Playlist
This is the director at his tenderest. - 83
The Playlist
This is the director at his tenderest. - 80
Total Film
Though it’s not Schrader’s finest work and requires political leaps of faith that can be compared to American History X and could be called simplistic, Master Gardener is still an auteur operating at the top of the league. - 80
Screen Daily
For all the film’s provocations, both serious and mischievous, it’s a remarkably elegant, subtle piece. - 80
Total Film
Though it’s not Schrader’s finest work and requires political leaps of faith that can be compared to American History X and could be called simplistic, Master Gardener is still an auteur operating at the top of the league. - 80
Screen Daily
For all the film’s provocations, both serious and mischievous, it’s a remarkably elegant, subtle piece. - 75
The Film Stage
Master Gardener is another of the old Calvanist’s prayers of absolution—honest and personal to a fault, and a satisfying close to one of the great contemporary trilogies. - 75
IndieWire
While the central character’s arc will likely launch a dreaded “discourse,” there is a tenderness to Master Gardener that may prove its biggest surprise.
