“A charitable reading of Master Gardener would be to say that it feels unfinished and unformed.”

“Bergman has an uncharacteristic eagerness…”

“…offers mesmerizing moments when something indefinable penetrates the mundanity.”

“Phoenix gives a rigor mortis performance.”

“…suggests a rot in the human psyche that’s too far gone.”

“…a movie that seems to have given up on the very idea of genuine human connection, even as it aches for exactly that.”

“ …an argument for valuing the artistic process over the art.”

“Melodrama with lasting, emotional heft…”

“…might be Schrader’s most visually bold work.”

“Both screed and confession…”