“Flowers In the Attic” Airing met Dissapointed Audience

“Flowers In the Attic” Airing met with Dissapointed Audience

The movie “Flowers In the Attic” premiered on the Lifetime TV network Sunday night. Expectations were high, but the reviews are low. “Flowers In the Attic” is based on the V.C. Andrews novel of the same name published in 1979. It centers on four siblings who have theperfect family life until the father of the house is suddenly killed in an auto accident. The kids and their mother then have to go live with their wealthy grandparents in their large mansion. Once they arrive, their lives start to unravel. The grandparents have an estranged relationship with their daughter, putting it mildly. Throughout the story, there are shocking exposures about their family and its secrets, cruelty and abuse by their grandmother, neglect and abandonment by their mother, and the challenges of growing up in confinement for the four children to confront as they live locked up in the north wing of their grandparents’ home. “Flowers In the Attic,” was and is a very successful novel. However, adapting it to the screen has proven a challenge. The previous feature in 1987 of the work was unsuccessful. This version made for television has sadly followed suit. A review by the Huffington Post indicated that there are issues with the actors’ performances, (perhaps more movie auditions were in order), the subject matter seemed flat and un-compelling, and the pacing feels off and unnatural. Many film jobs may be in jeopardy among the film crew. While the story itself is has proven its appeal through the novel, perhaps it is best left on the page off of the screen.