Flowers in the Attic

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Flowers in the Attic

TV-14

2014

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother (Ellen Burstyn).

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This twisted tale of premium cable fodder winds up collecting dust in a stale adaptation of Flowers in the Attic.

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Chelsea Steiner

Autostraddle

06/14/2021

The voiceover (lifted from the book) is SO heavy handed and clunky it needs a dolly just to move it around.

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David Hinckley

New York Daily News

01/21/2014

2/5

V.C. Andrews' popular and creepy 1979 novel Flowers in the Attic gets no favors from the scriptwriters in this latest adaptation.

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Mary McNamara

Los Angeles Times

01/20/2014

The problem is not that it's just terrible, but that it's also no fun. At all.

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Sarah McMullan

The Post NZ

06/04/2021

While Graham pulls out every trick in the book, Burstyn achieves more with an eyebrow or pursed lips. Combined, they're a brilliant foil to the innocence of the children.

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Kelsey Miller

Refinery29

06/28/2017

Still enjoyable, especially when watched with a group of your closest, tipsy-est friends, Flowers In The Attic is not entirely so-bad-it's-good as I would have liked.

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Tom Gliatto

People Magazine

10/21/2016

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 also psychologically coherent. It has a grip.

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Max M.

@Househuntermax Apr 2

Heavy subject matter but the movie doesn’t seem to have much weight. I’m going to give the original the same review.

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Annabel A

@Sunniestbear Jan 29

Abominable, wooden acting from everyone, especially Heather Grahame. Poor script and dialogue. It’s a shame because the storyline had the potential to create an excellent film.

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Joe B

@RT61159601 04/29/2025

This was a horrible adaption of the book. Free rein was taken to change or omit things from the original. If I were VC Andrews I would be cringing over the terrible injustice to her fine novel. I am sorry I viewed it.

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Mariah M

@RT07857823 07/30/2024

Horrible acting. The worst I’ve ever seen

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Jrock16 M

@Jrock16 07/31/2022

Its an interesting story with a mix of tragedy and love born from abuse. However the film feels rushed as they attempt to cram two years worth of trauma into an hour and a half. The cast do give great performance's but I feel like this would have been better as a miniseries than a movie, give us more time to connect with the characters.

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10/27/2019

Even if the movie is messed up, i still like it

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Synopsis

After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother (Ellen Burstyn).

Director: Deborah Chow
Producer: Damian Ganczewski, Harvey Kahn
Screenwriter: Kayla Alpert
Production Co: Front Street Productions
Rating: TV-14 (S|V)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 30m