Parents need to know that flowers in the attic is a drama based on a very popular 1980s pulp novel about a family whose children are locked in an attic by a scary mother and grandmother incest is a major theme since the children are a product of it and the older siblings eventually become intimate though only kissing is visible.
Flowers in the attic movie review 2014.
Reviewed in the united states on july 24 2014 i have always heard so much about flowers in the attic and i never quite understood what the hoopla was all about that is until i read the book.
Andrews s incesterrific novel flowers in the attic is a slight improvement over the 1987 version yet still unsatisfying.
19 january 2014 by falconeer see all my reviews for those fans worried about the makers of this tv production not being faithful to the source material.
Really intense check it out.
Flowers in the attic is an ill advised reworking of the classic virginia andrews novel about a grandmother keeping her grand kids locked up in the attic and the trouble which ensues.
This version is really wonderful.
Andrews popular and creepy 1979 novel flowers in the attic gets no favors from the scriptwriters in this latest adaptation.
Flowers both the book and the new movie is completely absurd if you want to gauge the absurdity just know that one of the darkest secrets in the narrative involves a doughnut but somehow.
January 21 2014 rating.
The original being.
The film averaged 49 out of 100 based on 22 critics on metacritic indicating mixed or average reviews.
The film was already made memorably back in 1987 so why the producers felt the need to do another generic version i have no idea.
5 0 out of 5 stars little jewels in the attic.
Was this better then the original.
Published on jan 19 2014.
The average rating is 5 5 out of ten.
Featuring a beautiful blond cast of talented actors flowers in the attic makes the beloved gothic novel come to life.
The new lifetime film of v c.
Flowers in the attic 1987 duration.
Critic reviews for flowers in the attic.
Movie reviews s6 7.
Flowers in the attic received mixed reviews from critics.
Flowers in the attic 2014 review.
Review aggregator website rotten tomatoes reports that 52 of 23 critics gave the film a positive review.
Lifetime has been doing some wicked business lately.