{"id":2018,"date":"2006-12-17T16:11:52","date_gmt":"2006-12-17T23:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2021-01-26T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:28:13","slug":"wildrose-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2018","title":{"rendered":"Wildrose (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A woman has to listen to her own voice.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Wildrose-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Wildrose-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"112\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57755\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA female miner (Lisa Eichhorn) deals with chauvinism and lay-offs while falling tentatively in love with her co-worker (Tom Bower).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Mining Towns<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment<\/li>\n<li>Workplace Drama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWriter\/director John Hanson&#8217;s independent film about life in a northern mining town is nothing if not sincere, and tackles its serious subjects &#8212; blue collar work security, male chauvinism, and spousal abuse &#8212; with sensitivity. It&#8217;s refreshing to see an entire world so authentically portrayed; these people (including the leads) look like they <em>belong <\/em>in their setting. Unfortunately, the film&#8217;s documentary-like pacing doesn&#8217;t always jive with its dramatic arc, and certain crucial tensions are resolved far too neatly; however, there are enough scenes that work &#8212; including those depicting the sweetly unfolding romance between Bower and Eichhorn &#8212; to recommend this film for a single viewing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Wildrose <\/em>bears many similarities to independent filmmaker Victor Nunez&#8217;s <em>Ruby in Paradise<\/em> (1993): both deal with blue-collar females struggling to maintain financial autonomy while making healthy choices about work and love.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Craggy-faced Tom Bower as June&#8217;s co-worker and lover<\/li>\n<li>Many authentic scenes of blue-collar American life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth checking out once. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0088404\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1985\/04\/05\/movies\/wildrose-by-hanson.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A woman has to listen to her own voice.&#8221; Synopsis: A female miner (Lisa Eichhorn) deals with chauvinism and lay-offs while falling tentatively in love with her co-worker (Tom Bower). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues Mining Towns Romance Unemployment Workplace Drama Review: Writer\/director John Hanson&#8217;s independent film about life in a northern mining town is nothing if not sincere, and tackles its serious subjects &#8212; blue collar work security, male chauvinism, and spousal abuse &#8212; with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2018\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57756,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions\/57756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}