Thursday, October 25, 2012

Fireflies in the Garden 2008


Fireflies in the Garden (2008)     Lisa and Charlie are a couple with two children, Michael and Ryne.  Charlie has a very hard time relating to Michael as a young boy during the time they were expecting Ryne.  He easily gets very angry at Michael and he doles out severe punishments for infractions.  Lisa loves Michael very much and she is very stressed over Charlie, his behavior and punishment of Michael. 
     I had a difficult time with this movie since it’s told in flashbacks and it’s hard to establish a time frame for some of the events.  I think this would have been much better in the straightforward format of just following the chronological order.  I was looking forward and waiting to see this film but this is a waste of good actors.   2* (I didn’t like this movie)

89 min, Drama directed by Dennis Lee with Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Loan Gruffudd, Hayden Panettiere, Cayden Boyd, Shannon Lucio.

Note:  Blockbuster 2 ½*, imdb 6.5 out of 10, 20% critic 45% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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