Wild Rose (15)
Directed by Tom Harper
 

Irish singer and actress Jessie Buckley literally explodes onto the big screen as a ballsy Glaswegian working-class, single mother whose lifelong dream is to become a Nashville country singing star in this powerful and uplifting drama.

Fresh out of prison Rose-Lynn Harlan (Buckley) is determined to follow her mantra, borrowed from songwriter Harlan Howard, that it only takes “three chords and the truth” to write a country song.

Her mother Marion (a magnificent Julie Walters), who has been taking care of her two young kids while she has been in jail, reminds her of her parental responsibilities when Rose-Lynn insists “this is me trying to make something of myself. Surely that’s a good thing for them.”