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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Wendy Ide

Dare to Be Wild review – growing pains

Emma Greenwell in Dare to Be Wild.
Emma Greenwell in Dare to Be Wild.

Inspired by the real-life story of the Irish landscape designer Mary Reynolds, who in 2002 won a gold medal at the Chelsea flower show, this film captures the essence of wild spaces about as effectively as a plug-in air freshener. It’s a herbaceous bore of a movie which trades in twee Oirish cliches and features a male romantic lead who has all the charisma of a shrub.

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