Red Rose review: The series has a lot to say, perhaps too much
Olivia House
Published Dec 28, 2025
BBC Three’s 2022 show, Red Rose, just made its Netflix debut on February 15, 2023, and it seems like the streaming monster has chosen to head down a lot more obscure bearing after the Valentine’s Day celebrations. Made by The Clarkson Twins, who were likewise a piece of the splendid Mike Flanagan’s The Frightful of Bly Estate, the eight-episode ride into the void of virtual entertainment and cell phones was equivalent parts fascinating and frightening.
In all honesty, this isn’t one of the best shocking tales to become exposed. However, given its pertinence in the current day, particularly with the colossal ascent of the virtual world, it is to be sure a frightening possibility to see how an application can treat young people, particularly when things like this have surfaced in late news.
Red Rose follows a gathering of youths and manages a horde of stifled themes, going from web-based entertainment dependence on despondency to teen tension and desire. The plate is full to the point that it very well may be the main deficiency of the generally splendidly thought-out series.
Netflix’s Dark Mirror significantly affects science fiction watchers that seeing any mechanical loathsomeness without contrasting it with the pro show is extremely difficult. Red Rose’s battles, its idea, and its goal all have hints that connect it to specifically Dark Mirror. Be that as it may, it is significantly more (or less, contingent upon the taste).
Starting off with GCSE understudy Rochelle (Isis Hainsworth) and her gathering of companions, the show doesn’t stand by any means prior to building an emotional and tight air. The absolute first scene of Red Rose is a young lady leaping off the rooftop subsequent to being tortured by the application.
It before long grounds in the possession of Rochelle, who is as yet lamenting over her mom’s self destruction and confronting troublesome monetary ruin. With these subjects of the human condition currently on the table, it is considerably more intriguing when the application comes into another life. Like all applications in the current day (however considerably more unpretentious, in actuality, up until this point), it first bounteously remunerates the client prior to beginning to suck out their life and consideration.
As it gradually holds onto control of the client’s life, the secret plunges further into what this application is and who is doing these frightfully exact things. As the series crosses the midway mark, things likewise get richly unpleasant and extreme. The biggest apprehension calculate this show remains its appeal, both to the high school view of the occasions in the plot and the possible development of innovation surrounding us in reality.
This winds up making some enchanting show and an unmatched rush. The closure is likewise not totally messed up and offers a few serious important points.
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The main issue that is repeating all through the series is the absence of a substantial heading. With such countless subjects tossed in with the general mish-mash, going from high school tension to emotional well-being issues, melancholy, mechanical mediation, and phantoms and spirits, it debilitates the reason for a smoothed out story. While certain shows and movies have recently figured out how to succeed with various subjects close by, for Red Rose, this is a remarkable weak spot.
In any case, a brilliant watch is shrewd, charming, and loaded with guarantee. Red Rose is absolutely worth your time and consideration.