It is light and short, for quick swinging in briar patch and woods, where the canny quail is bound to lead the President a scratchy and exciting chase. (si.com)
It is also built around a terrific central performance by Jessie Buckley, who burrows right under the skin of the damaged, inscrutable Moll, whose blank, peering eyes and briar patch of auburn hair are almost certainly meant to evoke Maxine Carr, who furnished the Soham killer Ian Huntley with a false alibi and was subsequently convicted for perverting the course of justice. (telegraph.co.uk)
It's a classic strategy cross that melds market manipulation and a variation on Brer Rabbit's briar patch pitch, where the rabbit begged Brer Fox not to toss him in the brambles, knowing full well that if the fox did exactly that he could escape. (inc.com)