The Bouquet 2013

     Bonnie and Cecil Benton own a flower shop.  Bonnie doesn’t know that the business is not making a profit because Cecil makes up fake orders for local nursing homes and other places.  He hopes the arrangements they send will generate real orders but that has not happed so far.  Bonnie is hoping her daughters Mandy and Terri will come home for Easter but both say they are too busy.  The Benton’s have invited the local Reverend to have dinner at their home for the holiday.  Suddenly, Cecil collapses and he passes away.  That event does get Mandy and Terri to come home.  Reverend John tells the family what Cecil has been doing.  Bonnie is devastated but Terri is a businesswoman and she has a plan.

     Mandy and Terri have been in competition with each other ever since they were small girls.  That doesn’t stop now with this business on the line.  Mandy feels pushed out of the way and Terri thinks all her ideas are the best.  I liked this movie and the story is good with Bonnie very depressed but Mandy, Terri and another local Sam are working hard.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

99 min, Drama directed by Anne Wheeler with Kristy Swanson, Danny Glover, Alberta Mayne, Michael Shanks, Nicola Cavendish, Jeremy Guilbaut, Stepehn E. Miller, Daniel Bacon, Andrea Kelly Konno.

Note:  Imdb 5.9 out of 10, 46% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 81 reviews.