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78 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works
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Flora and Son is a 2023 music comedy drama film, directed by John Carney, starring Eve Hewson, Orén Kinlan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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- posts span Jan 24, 2023 to Oct 6, 2026
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60 of 78 · most liked firstalso: any John Carney movie, especially SING STREET (Netflix) and FLORA AND SON (Apple TV+) but only if your fam can handle Irish swearing and references to sex (particularly FLORA). But the payoff is always worth it.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's raining like hell in Vichy. Nobody was at the tabac, so after a few beers, we went back to the gaff with a few bottles of wine, soaked but who cares. I guess it's movie night. Flora and Son Citizen Vigilante Michael What would you watch?
neutral · AI labelView post →Feisty PSA: watch this movie and Sing Street if you haven’t already. Begin Again and Flora and Son are also good but start with Once and Sing Street.
positive · AI labelView post →We're feeing in tune with John Carney's Flora and Son #filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →ICYMI: Dave and I were on KCRW Press Play with Madeleine Brand to talk movies (Stop Making Sense, Flora and Son, Invisible Beauty, The Origin of Evil) #filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →there’s never much commotion around a new John Carney movie but I saw Power Ballad and loved it, much better than Flora and Son
negative · AI labelView post →We found a cute movie last night on AppleTV. It's called Flora and Son. If there was hype about this film in 2023, we missed it. If you like good scripts, cursey Irish people and family dynamics, this is a sweet cuddle-up-on-the-couch watch. Even my action/adventure spouse liked it a lot.
positive · AI labelView post →Holy cow: It's our *400th* podcast episode! Flora and Son, the end of the WGA strike, and more!
neutral · AI labelView post →Power Ballad is the latest film to be written and directed by John Carney. Like he did with his other projects (Once, Sing Street, Flora and Son), he places the music front and center. Rick (Paul Rudd) is a former rock star who set his career aside for his wife and... #FilmSky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched FLORA AND SON this morning. The John Carney film that I missed upon its initial release. When I was a film critic, I might have had a few notes, but as a singer/songwriter and the son of a single mom, I have none. It's not Carney's best, but it fooking worked on me all right
positive · AI labelView post →I spoke with actress Eve Hewson about the Sundance hit, Flora and Son, streaming on Apple TV+.
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★½ review of Flora and Son on @letterboxd: boxd.it/4YIoYT #265moviereview Filmsky 📽️
negative · AI labelView post →The latest Funerals & Snakes newsletter has just gone out to subscribers. Reviews of UPROAR, NOVEMBER, THE TASTING, THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER (in cinemas) and REPTILE (Netflix) and FLORA AND SON (AppleTV+). substack.funeralsandsnakes.net/p/friday-rev...
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a reason John Carney keeps coming back to these types of stories: It's because he is good at telling them. My review of FLORA AND SON (2023) @seattlecritics.bsky.social #filmsky macguff.in/film-reviews...
positive · AI labelView post →Good week for Irish film with Ballywalter and Flora and Son .... four stars from Donald Clarke: www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
neutral · AI labelView post →Director John Carney (Flora and Son) is on the money when he said "The sheer and ongoing depth of Irish talent coming through internationally is not a great surprise". This is the result of years of building a strong indigenous film industry, which is now making waves worldwide. #Irishfilm
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Flora and Son on Apple TV. A thoroughly charming film about connecting and family and music and unashamedly feel good. I highly recommend it.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching this film Flora and Son — it's really good. An Irish mum in Dublin struggles with her rebellious son Max. Police suggest a hobby, so she gives him a beat-up guitar. With help from a washed-up LA musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), they discover music’s transformative power.
positive · AI labelView post →What’s a movie or book character description that could have been written about you? Mine is ‘your hair is like an unmade bed’ - Flora and Son. 🎬😂❤️ #movies
neutral · AI labelView post →Power Ballad is a typical John Carney movie: music and romance. Though this isn't in the vain of 'Sing Street', 'Begin Again', or 'Once', it continues what he did with 'Flora and Son'. If you have seen a Carney movie before and enjoyed it, you'll find things to like in this. (1/3)
neutral · AI labelView post →He made a movie called Flora and Son a couple of years ago. You might check it out if you haven’t seen it. Not as good as Sing Street imo but worth watching if you like his work.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wonderful to chat with Gary Clark again, this time about his work with John Carney on such projects as SING STREET, Prime Video's MODERN LOVE, and FLORA AND SON on Apple TV+ and, yes, a wee bit about Danny Wilson as well. qthemusic.com/p/gary-clark...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Flora and Son. Another solid John Carney film. Sing Street remains my favorite however.
positive · AI labelView post →Nobody makes a movie that appreciates music the way John Carney does. Now Watching: 'Flora and Son' (2023) 📽️
positive · AI labelView post →Flora and Son Written and directed by John Carney; starring Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor Trying to find a hobby to keep her wayward son out of trouble, a young Dublin single mother ends up learning the guitar herself. The cast is convincing and the film has some heartwarming moments. But the plot feels superficial, lacking in drama and ultimately gives you little reason to care. Apple TV+ / Rating: C- #FloraAndSon #MovieReview #Movies #AppleTV #Streaming
neutral · AI labelView post →John Carney has made his movie again, and this time it's called Flora and Son. So much of Carney's work - Begin Again, Sing Street, Once - has the same DNA, but it's all so effortlessly charming. Full Review: 📽️ FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →We're all smiles...because this week we're talking FLORA AND SON with comedy legend Siobhan Fallon Hogan -- plus movie news and a Hotline message that sets a new record for Ify accents. Enjoy! maximumfun.org/episodes/max...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wilson Kwong interviews Gary Clark, Composer of Flora and Son! www.filminquiry.com/tiff-2023-ga...
neutral · AI labelView post →#FloraAndSon #AppleTVplus #JohnCarney New film from Once creator John Carney stars Bono's daughter Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Now streaming on AppleTV+. 'Flora and Son' review: John Carney creates a movie you'll want to hold close - Good Morning America Film critic Peter Travers reviews "Flora and Son", out now. https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/flora-son-review-john-carney-movie-103321080
neutral · AI labelView post →🍿 Flora and Son 👍👍👏❤️ #movie
positive · AI labelView post →Flora and Son’ Review: Once, With More Feeling - Highly enjoyable Dublin-set movie on Apple TV www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →FLORA AND SON is now on @appletv.bsky.social and it's another film by John Carney that beautifully captures the human connection and joy over discovering, creating and performing music. I love how everything of Carney's I've seen is so unashamedly feel-good while also sincere and grounded.
positive · AI labelView post →BOSTON ADVANCE SCREENING: "FLORA AND SON" Download FREE passes now for the screening on Wednesday, September 27, at the Somerville Theater with a reception beginning at 6:30 PM. Quantities are limited! #FloraAndSon #AppleTV #AdvanceScreening #Free #Boston https://appletvscreenings.com/tdsAI93301
neutral · AI labelView post →I really liked Flora and Son, but I'm always a sucker for John Carney. Read my full review and how I think it's a sleeper for Oscar wins this season: graphicpolicy.com/2023/09/25/j...
positive · AI labelView post →Flora and Son is the latest John Carneys newest film and I'm here to tell you why it's fantastic. youtu.be/h9-EEtOjkhA #FloraAndSon #AppleTVPlus #MovieEmporium
positive · AI labelView post →Flora and Son is, hands down, the best movie I have seen in yonks! Utterly brilliant.
positive · AI labelView post →Flora and Son Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Play the film on tv+ apple.co/3PZ79kx Ad.
neutral · AI labelView post →2025 Film Reviews 216. Skincare (2024) - 3.0 217. Sliver (1993) - 3.5 218. It Could Happen to You (1994) - 4.5 219. Flora and Son (2023) - 4.5 220. Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003) - 4.5 #2025FilmsDH
positive · AI labelView post →Not sure this was a great movie but there are some very cute moments, especially the last scene #FloraAndSon 🎥 Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
neutral · AI labelView post →FLORA AND SON didn’t hit me like a freight train the way his other films did, but it’s a really lovely film about mothers/sons that once again uses music beautifully. Just a huge fan of the niche Carney is carving.
positive · AI labelView post →I just saw John Carney's newest film FLORA AND SON on Apple TV+. He hasn't made a movie yet that I haven't loved. Eve Hewson is incredible in this. Very highly recommended.
positive · AI labelView post →This movie is ridiculously charming. ❤️🥺 Now Watching: 'Flora and Son' (2023) 📽️
positive · AI labelView post →Flora and Son Trying to find a hobby for her wayward son, a single mother ends up learning the guitar herself. Convincing cast and some heartwarming moments. But the plot is too superficial to make you care. Apple TV+ / Rating: C- #FloraAndSon #MovieReview #Movies #AppleTV #Streaming
negative · AI labelView post →Under the radar movie pick: FLORA AND SON - Dublin based single mom Flora (Eve Henson) is at wit’s end with her son, Max. Trying to connect leads her to online guitar lessons with a lost LA musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) from writer/director John Carney (Sing Street/Once) streaming on AppleTV+
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw it first chance I got tonight since it's still playing at Cinema Arts Theater in Fairfax VA. As expected #JohnCarney's new #movie #FloraAndSon is a bittersweet story perfectly complemented by its music - this time of a single mother trying to raise her troubled 14 year old in Dublin. Check it out if you like #movies that make you want to break out into applause, while leaving you with something in your eye.🥹 https://youtu.be/JK2YPT6NgYA
positive · AI labelView post →Crap! #JohnCarney's latest #movie #FloraAndSon is out in theatres (probably limited) and #AppleTV! Why didn't anyone alert me??? #Movies
neutral · AI labelView post →#FloraAndSon #cinemastodon #filmastodon #movies My ★★★★ review of Flora and Son on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/50d6BX
positive · AI labelView post →The Movie Song Guru: “Like all of Carney’s films, Flora and Son preaches music’s universal connective language and celebrates the artistic process. Mostly, though, it reaffirms his status as a fictional song guru….”
neutral · AI labelView post →Writer / director John Carney is the master of making crowd-pleasing films for music lovers, and his latest won’t disappoint. “Flora and Son” is a terrific addition to his filmography (“Once,” “Begin Again,” “Sing Street“) and it fits in quite nicely with a simple, tidy story that’s easily accessible to all audiences. Flora (Eve Hewson) is a young, sassy divorced mom to delinquent teen Max (Orén Kinlan), a boy who has been in trouble most of his life. The two live in Dublin in a small flat, and…
positive · AI labelView post →How do you make a movie about a couple that falls in love over Zoom? Turns out, according to Joseph Gordon-Levitt of "Flora and Son," you don't really use Zoom.
neutral · AI labelView post →Flora And Son - Screening October 13 - 17, 19! From the Sundance award winning writer/director of Once, and Sing Street! Grade A! “John Carney movie music magic…crowd-pleasing, warm, and generous” (The Curb) Grade A! “charming and wonderful” (Showbiz 411) mayfairtheatre.ca/movie/flora-...
neutral · AI labelView post →There's not a great deal of plausibility with this story, but I still really quite enjoyed it. "Flora" (Eve Hewson) has a sort of hate/hate relationship with her pretty wayward fourteen year old lad "Max" (Orén Kinlan) as she struggles to make ends meet while his dad "Ian" (Jack Reynor) has shacked up with his new, pseudo-Spanish, girlfriend. "Max" is a typical unruly kid: into petty theft, a girl who isn't going to look at him twice and "Flora" is at her wits end. Returning from work one…
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Flora And Son I've never met a John Carney film I haven't liked, and bearing in mind one of them had James Corden in it that means I'm predisposed to like this deadbeat Mum learning to play guitar from a smooth as silk Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Trying it out on my Mum with 'language' caveats
positive · AI labelView post →Movie Diary - No One Will Save You, Theater Camp, Flora And Son, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Flash, etc. narrowcast.blogspot.com/2023/10/movi...
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw the movie Flora and Son at the theatre yesterday and WOW! It was incredibly good and I adored it
positive · AI labelView post →#Review #FloraAndSon #Movies about music and the healing power of making music in a family is the topic of this well done film. https://oldaintdead.com/flora-and-son-review-saved-by-music/
positive · AI labelView post →Today's #Review is the #Movies #FloraAndSon. This music based story was far better than I was expecting. #EveHewson stars. https://oldaintdead.com/flora-and-son-review-saved-by-music/
positive · AI labelView post →Good morning. Here's one for the music lovers: #FloraandSon with Eve Hewson starts my week of #Reviews. Check it out. #Movies https://oldaintdead.com/flora-and-son-review-saved-by-music/
positive · AI labelView post →Flora and Son. Good film, some great pieces not too cliched 07/10 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_a...
positive · AI labelView post →AFCC member Matt reviews John Carney's #FloraandSon https://mattgoldberg.substack.com/p/with-flora-and-son-john-carney-makes #AFCC #MovieReview
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