Metacritic reviews

The Rose Maker is at its best during its quiet moments when characters are allowed to simply exist and grow.

It’s a relaxed film, one that allows the audience to sit back and, if not smell the roses, then at least appreciate them.

The Rose Maker is a slender but engaging tale about competition, cooperation and creativity.

Top it off with Pinaud’s final dedication, and The Rose Maker turns into a film that wears its emotions lightly but generously, like dew on a blush-colored petal.

Pierre Pinaud’s short but unhurried film benefits immensely from the warmly flinty presence of Catherine Frot (“Marguerite”) in the lead, lending a sense of purpose and personality to a character without much color on the page.