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Starring: Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell, Esai Morales, Eduardo Losan, Rick Cosnett, Victoria Hill, Amy Le
Story:
Thriller drama written and directed by Paul Schrader. Master Gardener (2023) follows meticulous horticulturalist, Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton), who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate owned by wealthy dowager, Norma Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). When she orders Roth to take on her troubled great-niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) as his apprentice, his life is thrown into chaos, unlocking dark secrets from a buried violent past that threaten them all.
We’ll add the best quotes once the movie is released and we’ve had a chance to watch it, but for now, here’s a small selection.
Quotes:
Narvel Roth: The Nandina is a species of flowering plant native to Eastern Asia. The smell at certain times of the year gives you a real buzz. Like the buzz you get just before pulling the trigger.
Narvel Roth: There’s a few variations this year. Some practical, some seasonal.
Norma Haverhill: You know what they say, Narvel. Money is the best manure. The better the money, the better the manure.
Narvel Roth: She went onto explain that aesthetic gardens were a recent development. In colonial times, gardens were utilitarian. A cross between a grocery store and a pharmacy. In the Gilded Age they became an entrance to high society. A place of conspicuous display.
Norma Haverhill: At Gracewood we have the best of both worlds. Four generations of curated botany. Horticulture and display. Now, where were we, sweet pea?
Narvel Roth: You were wondering which color dress would be best? You wore the emerald green last year.
Norma Haverhill: With white frill on the sleeves and neck.
Narvel Roth: That’s right.
Norma Haverhill: I looked pretty good.
Narvel Roth: Yes, you did.
Norma Haverhill: I have a favor to ask.
Narvel Roth: What is it?
Norma Haverhill: My grand niece. I would like you to take her on as an apprentice. She dropped out of school, and then she ended up in a bad crowd.
Narvel Roth: You’ll learn how to garden.
Narvel Roth: Are you satisfied with the life that you have?
Maya: Why would you ask that?
Maya: You know you talk a lot of shit, but there’s one thing you don’t talk about.
Narvel Roth: What’s that?
Maya: Yourself.
Narvel Roth: Well, there’s not much to know.
Man: You put the deep six on nine bad guys.
Narvel Roth: Well, that was a long time ago.
Man: Even if they’re dead, you’re not forgotten.
Maya: Have you ever killed anyone?
Narvel Roth: Why would you say that?
Maya: [to Narvel] Take off your shirt.
Norma Haverhill: You are impertinent.
Narvel Roth: Maya is just finding her own way.
Norma Haverhill: And I’m the queen of Scotland!
Narvel Roth: Gardening is a belief in the future. A belief that things will happen according to plan.
Narvel Roth: Who did this to you?
Maya: What are you going to do?
Man: It’s time to start a new life.
Narvel Roth: I have created this life. Filled it with rules. Now seems the time to break one.
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