{"id":95096,"date":"2021-02-02T13:17:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T03:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/?p=95096"},"modified":"2021-01-26T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T05:51:29","slug":"rosie-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/rosie-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie – movie review"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gritty and unrelenting Rosie is an affecting slice of life drama dealing with homelessness.<\/p>\n

With a severe shortage of rental properties and rising rents in Ireland, Rosie Davis (Sarah Greene) and her family have been left homeless and struggling. That happened after their landlord of seven years decided to sell the house they were renting. They didn’t want to move out, but \u2013 of course \u2013 had no choice. And they haven\u2019t been able to find an affordable replacement. So, Rosie and her chef husband John Paul and their four children \u2013 from pre-school age to 14 \u2013 try to find interim accommodation on a daily basis. It’s devastating for all of them.<\/p>\n

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They are decent people, but their situation has nothing to do with decency. Rather, it’s about economic constraints. Rosie, who is a caring and loving mother, tries her best to maintain morale for the good of her clan. But that’s increasingly difficult. She spends all day on the phone trying to find lodgings for a few nights at a time or even just a single night. When it comes, having pored through a list of possibilities from Dublin City Council, it is a godsend, but only a brief respite … and it doesn\u2019t always come.\u00a0 The children are understandably unsettled and anxious. To add to the tension, John Paul has work pressures.<\/p>\n

Rosie and John Paul can\u2019t call upon family to house them either. His brother\u2019s wife is pregnant and she is distanced from her mother after making allegations about her now departed father.\u00a0 The downward spiral shows no signs of abating. <\/p>\n

It is quite distressing to watch and see what unfolds in Rosie. You want to reach out and lend a helping hand. Simple, everyday occurrences become far more challenging when you are basically living out of a small car, hauling your belongings with you in black garbage bags.<\/p>\n