Flowers in the Attic
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Movie Reviews of Flowers in the Attic
Movie Review: Flowers in the Attic
Summary: 5 Stars
I got the VHS quick and was exactly as advertised. I would order from them again w/o hesitationMovie Review: Wow to all the fans who miss the incest!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am an adult who first watched this movie as a child and became an instant fan. It was the movie that led me to the book and all books by VC Andrews (and her ghostwriters) and I have been hooked ever since. I find the movie as interesting and captivating now as I did then. No, the movie does not show a brother raping his sister as it happened in the book and no the ending is not the same. However, because the movie was clearly written as 1 film instead of a series, the ending of the movie was exciting and quite enjoyable to watch considering what Corrine put her children through. In fact, the only signficant difference from the book is the ending and the lack of incest. All of the fear, sickness, death, anger and attitudes of the characters were spot on. I get the same reactions now that I did when I first saw the movie: compassion for the children (especially Cory and Carrie), pity and then rage towards Corrine, complete disgust for the Grandmother and a feeling of vindication for the remaining children at the end.
While I am a tremendous fan and have read almost all the books, I find the incest parts a little awkward whenever I read them and I have always hated that Cathy and Chris couldn't get past their feelings so it did my heart good to not see any of that splashed across the screen. I find it ironic, and a little strange, that people are so angry that we don't get to see them getting it on like in the book.
It's not Oscar caliber but it's not trash either.
Movie Review: Book is way better
Summary: 4 Stars
Movie is pretty OK but the book is way better. For many reasons, including the fact that the movie is so rushed. The father dies within five minutes of the start of the movie, and everything is so rushed. It seems instead of about 3 years of ebing in the attic maybe 3 weeks. Sure, movies are going to be shorter than books, but the book was huge so the mvie should be abit longer than an hour and 30 minutes. The things that really took away from the movie are:1. The rushed things 2. Cory's extrememly annoying voice. His voice is higher and squeiker than carries (his twin sister). Sure he's only 4 or 5, but so was Carrie. 3. The different scenes. So many important events that dind't take place in the movie or was changed completely unitl it was so mixed up it wasn't even funny. 4. Bart Winslow is suppose to be handsome but the man who played it was just-ew. 5. At the end what happened. In the book NOTHING like that happened. In fact the mother doesn't even die until Seeds Of yesterday (the 5th book) I think-I havemnt read that one and isn't finished with If There Be Thorns.
ZPlus sides: 1. The spooky music really plusses the movie's plots. 2. Christopher is very handsome.
I liked the movie but it deifniately could've been better- maybe it would have if VC Andrews had directed it or they at least followed the book.
Movie Review: Holy Messed Up Movie Batman!
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched this movie a lot when I was a kid. I would blame it on my mother, like when she made me watch "Mommie Dearest" just to show me how lucky I was that I had a good childhood, but this was when I was being watched during the day at my aunts house while mom and dad were working, so I basically watched it on the sly. Watching the movie now, I see how truly crazy the story is, and how much you don't realize or pay attention to as a kid. Not only are these poor siblings in the middle of a fight between their mother and grandparents for being spawn of a relationship between Uncle and Neice, but they are locked away in the east wing of this huge mansion with nothing but the bedroom they sleep in and the attic above the room. For being such an abomination in the eyes of their bible bashing Grandmother, they are forced to endure little to no contact with the only family they have left, the verge of starvation and slowly watch their mother change while she prepares to start a new life of redemption, leaving the memory of her 4 children behind, never to be remembered again. Will the children escape this hell they have stumbled upon? Watch and find out.Movie Review: Flowers in the Attic~ Louise Fletcher
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of my favorite films and one of the first I had to get in my DVD collection. The casting for this movie was done really well. The mother plays her cryptic "evil or love" part so well I wonder if she might be crazy in real life. The grandmother is played by Louise Fletcher who is my favorite actress of all time. She does a wonderful job of stirring your inner emotions that you almost want to reach through the screen and give her a good "smackdown". My rating is based on the film itself and not the book adaptation, so if you read the book you may be dissapointed. Book fans in most cases have already developed a movie in their mind, so this might come up short for you, but for the average thriller fan who hasnt read the book this film is a real treasure.on the downside, this DVD comes up very short with its extra features. I was dissapointed that there wasnt any at all, but I still had to get it for my DVD collection. The DVD chapter selection feature that comes with all DVDs helps out when you want to skip to those favorite scenes