Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Ann LS I have to say that I have loved all the other V.C Andrews books to movies, the Dollanger Series was lovely. When it came to this movie, the lead is beautiful but her acting skills are quiet lacking, she mumbles lines, and I really can't say she had any real chemistry with her male lead. I adored Vera more, which is saying a lot when I read the books, I couldn't stand her.One of my biggest disappointments is Audrina's hair color, in the novel it was described as blond, with many other shades in it. In fact it is a key point in the "First" Audrina's story. Where she say's all girls of her hair color is witches and attempts to "call down a curse" on the boys. So this is a minor cosmetic thing, but its a big one to me. Also Audrina's eyes were suppose to be purple, V.C Andrews wrote her to be Gothic, and I feel that this movie fails to deliver it.By the end of it your just wanting for her to find the truth out so it will end. The story builds but goes no where.

SnoopyStyle Audrina Adare (Farryn VanHumbeck) lived in isolation with with her father Damian (James Tupper), mother Lucietta, aunt Ellsbeth and cousin Vera (Kacey Rohl) in a mansion. She lived in the shadow of her dead sister namesake. She is confused with time and lost memories. Vera constantly taunts her. Her father pushes a connection with the original Audrina. Arden Lowe is a local boy in love with Audrina. Lucietta dies in childbirth and baby Sylvia is autistic. Years later, Audrina (India Eisley) takes piano lessons from Lamar Rensdale while Vera (Tess Atkins) flirts.This starts off like a moody horror movie. In the end, it's only a spooky mystery. Kacey Rohl should have stayed as Vera. The change in Audrina actresses is acceptable and Arden is inevitable. Rohl could easily play all the different ages. India Eisley has the innocent fragility and beauty for the part. Her speaking voice does mumble her lines sometimes which isn't the greatest for a lead. The middle is a lot of slow rambling sexual melodrama. It's somewhat aimless. It needs a direction and the simplest is Audrina researching her namesake predecessor. By the end, the reveal doesn't satisfy as much as releases the movie from its expectations.

dutchchocolatecake I really wanted to give this movie more than five stars, but it appears that Lifetime isn't interested in doing V.C. Andrews books right to earn a higher rating.Lifetime needs to learn to ask fans what is important about these books before making them. If they can't even get the character's hair color right, then why are they bothering at all? This is a serious question. Color symbolism was important to V.C. Andrews books, which they would know if they had read the books and taken them seriously enough to write a script to reflect it.There's so much wrong with this movie, I can't even. But I'll try.1. Damien was ruthless, cruel, and a charming psychopath. The movie implies he is a creepy child molester which is stupid. They would know this if they read the book.2. Arden was much more of a selfish, demanding dick in the book. He had his good qualities but deep down inside he was only concerned about himself and his own guilt ridden psychological complex. The movie makes him look like god's gift to Audrina, which he wasn't.3. Billie Lowe is missing.4. Sylvia is missing.5. Mercy Mary teatimes were missing.6. Audrina's hair color was missing. It was a point of her identity in the book and tied her to her mother.7. Vera's hair color and eye color was missing. Vera's eye color was supposed to betray her true father - Damian.8. Ellsbeth was portrayed as a milquetoast pushover. Yes, Ellsbeth stayed at Whitefern because she was still in love with Damian. However, in the book her personality was much more disciplined and stuffy. She was nowhere near as nice in the movie.9. The ending was mixed up and made no sense. The chronological order of events were switched around.10. The rapists in the book were Audrina's classmates, not 18 year old teenage boys.There are excellent visuals and atmospheric qualities of this movie that were overshadowed by the hack job the script writer gave to V.C. Andrews book.

edwagreen Brooding piece where Audrina stays locked up in her house as her over-cautious father takes every step to guard her, as he didn't with her older sister and that he feels led to her death.Our father is quite a Casanova. Besides his wife and Audrina, he has fathered a daughter, Vera, from his relationship with his sister-in-law, wife's sister.Tess Atkins is terrific as Vera. At every turn she harasses Audrina to the highest degree.Audrina's mother dies in childbirth and the aunt soon follows. Audrina finds true love and weds. Vera is banished by the father only to come back and promise to be different. She has no intention of doing that and instead tries to pry Audrina's husband, Alden, away.There is a lot of soap opera here with dead bodies turning up by the staircase.