Bed of Roses
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Movie Reviews of Bed of Roses
Movie Review: Bed of Roses
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite movies! I love romantic movies. And the ending is wonderful!Movie Review: Bed of Roses
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie. I couldn't find it anywhere. Thank you! Reasonable price A+
Movie Review: A sweet and poignant romance drama
Summary: 4 Stars
"Bed of Roses" is one of my all-time favorite romance dramas - it is subtle, bittersweet and poignant, a story about two people who despite different backgrounds and approaches to life, find that they are true soulmates after all. Mary Stuart Masterson gives a finely nuanced performance as Lisa,an emotionally crippled woman who finds it difficult to establish real relationships with people because of the emotional scarring experienced in her childhood. She is focused only on making her mark professionally, and seems quite content with life...that is until, Lewis [Christian Slater] comes into her life. A yuppie turned florist, Lewis beguiles and confuses Lisa with his attentions and sensitivity. This is a guy who sends her flowers just because he felt she needed them to cheer her up, a guy who attends children's storytime at the library [not for any perverse reason, but because he truly enjoys it, losing himself in the wonder of the story with an almost child-like expression of awe].
The closer the pair get, the more perturbed Lisa gets, unsure as to her own emotions with respect to Lewis. Things reach boiling point when Lewis takes Lisa home to meet his family during the holidays, with emotional repercussions for the pair.
I felt the theme of emotional healing through true love was subtly portrayed by the two leads who share a credibly on-screen chemistry without being over the top. Nor was it overly sappy - all the elements of this love story was credibly played out and the pacing was just right. I loved the cinematography, especially with the focus on the flowers, the sights and sounds of things around Lewis and Lisa - it beautifully captured the evolving relationship.
Though this never did hit it big at the box-office, it is nevertheless a well-done romance drama that has always managed to tug at my heartstrings, and I've watched it many times over the years. Highly recommended for the romantic at heart.
Movie Review: VERY FUNNY and INSIGHTFUL. A STUDY OF THE SEXES.
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie should be shelved under "Sociological Comedy." No movie I've seen before or since details the Prince Charming archetype as thoroughly or with matched zeal. Men are often accused and portrayed as the superficial gender, shallow, and single-minded. This movie exacerbatingly shows the rarely mentioned superficiality of women. Christian Slater starts out as a bohemian good guy and slowly becomes a brilliant, rich, monarchal scientist with material goods to spare. If the reviews here and the woman who rented Bed of Roses when I saw it are any indication, both sexes include large numbers of small-minded sheep following the shepherd of American dreams and jumping beds of green notes, not roses. Ladies, somewhere out there is your rich guy. Guys, somewhere out there is your supermodel(see Shallow Hal, Beautiful Women, "etc, etc, in the midst of life we are in debt, etc")
It may have been my state of sleep deprivation at the time, but I've not laughed harder at another movie. This is the movie I put forward as the worst I've ever seen simply for unintentionally making me cry and hunch over in convulsive laughter.
Required viewing. Made for the female demographic comparable to the male demographics who truly believe in the work of Steven Seagall, Julie Strain, and Shannon Tweed.
What better way to see this piece, than in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DVD video quality? Brilliant cover art and some fun extras to finish the aimed-at-female-audience brain dissection. Buy this DVD!!
Movie Review: A Romance As Sweet as Flowers...
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched "Bed Of Roses" quite some time ago and didn't run across it again until recently when I was watching "Untamed Heart" which also starred Christian Slater in it. "Bed Of Roses" was a sweet movie. It seems a bit unrealistic that a person (Louis) would be walking at night and look up and see a woman crying (Lisa) and then send her flowers, but why not? Isn't anything possible? It certainly made for a wonderful movie and meeting of the two main characters later, when Lisa goes looking to see who sent the flowers. I thought the movie could have delved into Lisa and Louis's characters more and that Mary Stewart Masterson could have gave a less cardboardish performance, but over all I really liked this movie. I like a romance that doesn't "hit you over the head" with the meaning of the story, but one that is subtle. Also look for some classic "funny momnents" like the morning after Louis and Lisa's first night together where he is going on about breakfast foods and getting her toothpaste and her own robe!!!! Very comical! I would say, if you like a good romance and you like a movie that is meant just for the two people, without a lot of other story line situations getting in the way, this is for you!!!