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Based on the popular novel by V. C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic centers on such chancy topics as incest and misguided religiosity. When their father is killed, teenagers Cathy (Kristy Swanson) and C... read more read more...hris (Jeb Stuart Adams), together with their preteen siblings Cory (Ben Ganger) and Carrie (Lindsay Parker), are put in the care of their religious-zealot grandmother (Louise Fletcher). Grandma has never approved of the wanton lifestyle of the kids' mother Corinne (Victoria Tennant), and she has no intention of extending her love to the children. Even worse, Corinne is anxious to win back the love of her estranged father, who, knowing that Corinne and her late husband were cousins and thus incestuously linked, would never approve of any children from this union. Thus, the four children are locked in their grandmother's attic, far from the view of their unforgiving grandfather. How the kids cope with their imprisonment is the heart of the film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Jeffrey Bloom

Release Date: November 20, 1987

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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001

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  • drblood
    June 24, 2007
    drblood
    Based on the Virginia Andrews novel but without the really juicy bits, this is still very compulsive viewing if only for the fact that Kristy Swanson is in it.
  • deano
    November 20, 2006
    deano
    Weird and creepy and I dislike the bitch granny, then four innocence kids' mother.
  • SunilJawahir
    May 28, 2008
    SunilJawahir
    Scarred me for life when i saw it on TV as a kid.
  • Greggamus
    December 28, 2010
    Greggamus
    Pretty nice film. Wasn't much of a horror movie but was certainly filled with a good amount of thrill and suspense. I will admit that it had a somewhat psychological scare to it. I mean, just imagine being that age and going through that ordeal. It was indeed a very dramatic movi... read moree but the thrill and suspense out weighted it still. Ok acting from the Grandmother, Mother and the children as well. The ending was sad but I see it as a great victory for the main characters at least. It was in fact entertaining in the end though. Full of mystery, thrill and suspense. Never a dull moment at all. I was glued to the screen wondering what was to happen next. So in my opinion, that will do.
  • philliprenke
    November 1, 2010
    philliprenke
    This movie feels like a really bad TV movie. I kept thinking the brother and sister were going to sleep together because he keeps wanting to talk to her while she is bathing and even helps wash her back at times, granted four of them are kept locked in one room for over a year.
  • wallflowersperk
    April 22, 2010
    wallflowersperk
    The most effed up movie EVER.

    I don't think this movie will ever be remade for that very reason.
  • Surfer567Rosa
    February 22, 2010
    Surfer567Rosa
    everyone knows flowers in the attic is fucked up...

    20 years and many advances in film later...it's still fucked up.
  • jscottcorley
    June 30, 2009
    jscottcorley
    The acting may not be great (and in Tennet's case it actually works) but the story is so damn disturbing that you can't help but be engaged. The slow zoom out to the 4 graves is pretty genius.
  • ghettoqueen747
    March 18, 2009
    ghettoqueen747
    THE BOOK WAS VERY GOOD, AND THE MOVIE PRETTY MUCH LIVED UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF V.C. ANDREWS BEST WORKS. IT SHOWS HOW GREED AND LEAD A PERSON TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING EVEN LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN IN AN ATTIC FOR YEARS.
  • Breanna1127
    February 21, 2009
    Breanna1127
    The book was way better. I don't like how they changed the characters around...they made the mom really evil.

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Critic Reviews

S. Jhoanna Robledo
October 12, 2010
S. Jhoanna Robledo, Common Sense Media

Book-turned-movie skips the incest, but keeps the creepy. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

A muddled and unpleasant adaptation of a book that lots of women really like.

Walter Goodman
May 21, 2003
Walter Goodman, New York Times

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Richard Harrington
January 1, 2000
Richard Harrington, Washington Post

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Chuck O'Leary
October 9, 2005
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily

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Emanuel Levy
August 12, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Frank Swietek
July 5, 2004
Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion

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Bill Chambers
January 13, 2004
Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central

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KJB
August 8, 2002
KJB, IGN Movies

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January 26, 2006
Time Out

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