Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

apioneer I thought it was a good movie. The acting was flawless. I thought the children did a great job of portraying the characters very well. Louise Fletcher was strong but I just kept thinking that if she was that religious then the director should have developed her character a little more and show us why she became what she was. I wanted to know more about her character. Also the mother's character changes and we don't really get to understand why she became just like her mother. The story itself was strong and I could sympathize for the children who were really powerful and totally believable. Very few films like these are being made now. The sets were historic and cinematography beautiful.

Ally Hunter Fine to watch if your bored on a Sunday afternoon!OK, so it's not fine as in fine, leaves a lot to be desired... the older kids could have taken out both the mother and grandmother so many times and just walked away. The oldest girl..Cathy? yeah... UGLY!! sorry, couldn't act to save her life and was almost wooden! The obvious wig scene well... enough please!The oldest boy, Christopher could have easily ruled the house, big strong, wuss... pussy... sorry can't get that excited over it. The other two kids, cute, boring, pathetic! Slightly badly written for movie. Could have been much better. Waste of both my time and energy!

Scott LeBrun To begin with, this viewer has to admit that he hasn't ever read the phenomenally successful novel on which this movie is based, and therefore can't judge it as an adaptation, although fans of the book make it quite clear that this utterly fails in that regard. I was aware that this movie, rated PG-13, waters down some of the elements of the novel such as incest and sadism. Taken on its own, I also have to admit I found this movie reasonably grim and compelling. The basic story is a good one: a family is thrown into turmoil upon the death of the father, whereupon the mother must desperately turn to her own mother for food and shelter. Unfortunately, the four children eventually realize that they're trapped in the grandparents' opulent mansion, specifically the attic. Ugly truths and true natures come to the surface as the mother seems to stop caring about her kids at all. The movie does indeed get a lot out of the casting in the central roles. Louise Fletcher in particular is excellent in the kind of ice cold villainess part that became her stock in trade. I don't know about any other viewers out there, but *I* certainly wouldn't want Nurse Ratched for a grandmother. Victoria Tennant is good as the mother with a secret to hide; she initially earns some sympathy but loses it before too long. Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Ben Ryan Ganger, and Lindsay Parker are all likable enough as the troubled kids. Once "Flowers in the Attic" approaches its finale, one can feel their blood turn cold when they see just how evil and selfish the people in this story can be. The material does hit a nerve. At the least, this has served to make me want to read the novel after which I too may very well seethe about what could / should have been. For now I see it as a halfway decent melodrama / thriller, that does benefit from beautiful music by Christopher Young and a sober enough tone. Author V.C. Andrews does a cameo as a window washer. Six out of 10.

Linda Scott Flowers In The Attic could have been a great film, unfortunately it had several problems. First, is that it was written to be an x rated film, or an r....It was shot as an r rating. Then the producers fumbled around and cut the best footage out to release this to a general audience, leaving everybody confused. The writer was so upset, she wrote a scathing letter to producer Sy Levin. The second problem is that Sy Levin was involved. Sy no longer can show his face in Hollywood. He was a friend of O.J. Simpson's and was cut of the same cloth as O.J., his friends were involved in the distribution of hard drugs, and had bragged to me about how much fun it was to stab somebody... Sy was interested in producing the O.J. Simpson court documentary that would prove he was innocent. Meanwhile, I was threatened by them, and had to call the police hot line to save my life. Sy's friends got 25 to life for their other crimes, Sy always gets off without charges, but can no longer show his face in Hollywood. It's a shame that the best footage of some fine actors went on the cutting room floor. Gus Peters gave an excellent performance. This film should be re-edited as an x, although the footage is probably lost forever. I would look forward to the sequel, perhaps Fries can do it properly now that Sy Levin is no longer associated with anybody, and can no longer destroy anybody's life.