Wildflower
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Beau Bridges, Patricia Arquette, Reese Witherspoon, Susan Blakely, William McNamara Director: Diane Keaton DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 120 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Lions Gate |
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Movie Reviews of Wildflower
Movie Review: Wildflower deviates wildly from novel
Summary: 2 Stars
Wildflower is the story of a young girl named Alice who lives in north Georgia in the mid 1930s. She's deaf and suffers from epilepsy because her mother had "the fever" when she carried Alice -- but doesn't understand epilepsy and thinks her daughter is "tetched by the devil".
Ellie and her older brother, Sammy, discover Alice locked in a shed one day, and are horrified to realize she lives in the shed.
They befriend Alice and slowly teach her how to be, as Alice says, "a real girl".
The story is wonderful and heartwarming.
If you have read the novel by Sara Flanigan, however, I don't recommend the film. Although Diane Keaton did a wonderful job, the cast is fabulous, and Sara Flanigan did the telepay, it simply doesn't live up to the book.
Understandably, there are many cases where the movie just isn't as good as the film, but there is far too much left out or changed to make this beautiful novel a beautiful film. I never saw it on television and waited years for it to be released so I could finally see it. I loved the book SO much. I'm glad I only had to pay a few dollars for the DVD, however, because I was incredibly disappointed with the film.
I do think, however, that if you haven't read the book, you will enjoy the film.