Review Flowers In The Attic Movie 2014

Flowers in the attic is a 2014 lifetime movie directed by deborah chow starring kiernan shipka ellen burstyn mason dye and heather graham it is the second adaptation of v.

Review flowers in the attic movie 2014. Andrews novel flowers in the attic tells the story of four siblings forced to live out of sight in an attic for years following the death of their father and. After the sudden death of their father four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother. Andrews novel falls flat by youyoung lee ask any girl in her thirties and she ll likely have an inexplicable soft spot for flowers in the attic that chilling v c. They ll get that but not much more from this lackluster.

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. 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 2014 review. A sequel petals on the wind based on the novel of the same name premiered on may 26 2014 on lifetime the network announced the developing of the following books in the.

This adaptation of author v c. Flowers in the attic has elements of dark fairy tale. The grandmother is cruel strict cold and severe looking and controls their behaviour and environment through corporal punishment deprivation judgement authority and humiliation. Flowers in the attic is not entirely so bad it s good as i would have liked.

Andrews 1979 novel of the same name. 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. Lifetime s gamble on the v c. Andrews novel passed around like a dirty secret at slumber parties and middle school playgrounds.

With heather graham ellen burstyn kiernan shipka mason dye. Apr 15 2014 front street pictures flowers in the attic reviews. Posted on february 12 2014 in movie reviews movie talk 3 comments. Movie reviews by reviewer type.

Lifetime has been doing some wicked business lately. Directed by deborah chow. Andrews best selling potboiler flowers in the attic have been waiting more than 30 years for a faithful screen adaptation.