Harrison's Flowers (2000) Reviews
- Starring:
- Andie MacDowell, David Strathairn, (more)
- Director(s):
- Elie Chouraqui
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful This movie is one I would definitely recommend. Some may be taken back by the graphic nature depicted in the war scenes. Andie Mac Dowell and cast are great in bringing the novel to the screen ... Read More This movie is one I would definitely recommend. Some may be taken back by the graphic nature depicted in the war scenes. Andie Mac Dowell and cast are great in bringing the novel to the screen through the lens of a woman refusing to believe her husband's death, the risk others take in helping her while attempting to expose the gruesome violence that occurred in the Bosnia war in the early 1990's. It is really unfortunate that this movie did not get more exposure when released. It is one I would have really wanted to see in the theater on a really big screen.
It took a while to get a copy of this movie. I am glad that I waited for it to be available in the quene. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful This movie wasn't advertised very much so not many people have heard of it but it is a WONDERFUL movie. The violence is pretty graphic in some parts so I wouldn't reccommend it for small children but ... Read More This movie wasn't advertised very much so not many people have heard of it but it is a WONDERFUL movie. The violence is pretty graphic in some parts so I wouldn't reccommend it for small children but it's a really touching and true to life movie. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful this is an excellet movie and have very good actors i love the childrens in the movie i like the rol of Quinn Shephard (Margaux Lloyd) she was very young, but she is amazing in the movie. Andie ... Read More this is an excellet movie and have very good actors i love the childrens in the movie i like the rol of Quinn Shephard (Margaux Lloyd) she was very young, but she is amazing in the movie. Andie Macdowell (Sarah Lloyd) did a good job to proving the love for his hausband i love the story of the movie because was a goodmoviei love this movie very good actings story. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful While I was more than 30 years old in the 1990's, I never knew the extent of the Croatian/Slav war. What prompted me to see this move was an actual trip to Croatia (Wonderful!) and learning of the ... Read More While I was more than 30 years old in the 1990's, I never knew the extent of the Croatian/Slav war. What prompted me to see this move was an actual trip to Croatia (Wonderful!) and learning of the war through the guide. I recommend "Harrison's Flowers" to those who want to know a bit more of Croatia's history and the horrors they are still striving to overcome today. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful This movie was going along pretty good until Andie McDowell decided to fly back to the peak of the battlefields in Bosnia Croatia war to find her presumed dead photo jouralist husband. That's where I ... Read More This movie was going along pretty good until Andie McDowell decided to fly back to the peak of the battlefields in Bosnia Croatia war to find her presumed dead photo jouralist husband. That's where I lost it. The war scenes are graphic. the language is strong, she miraculously finds him with amnesia and brings him home. This was a far fetched story line, ok for rental but I wouldn't see is again. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful Seeing HARRISON'S FLOWERS in 2006 (it was made in 1999) puts us in touch all over again with the horrors of Bosnia, even though we have moved on to equally disgusting behavior from Iraqis (and ... Read More Seeing HARRISON'S FLOWERS in 2006 (it was made in 1999) puts us in touch all over again with the horrors of Bosnia, even though we have moved on to equally disgusting behavior from Iraqis (and Americans in Iraq), from the Sudan, Darfur, Rwanda & we can now probably add Israel/Lebanon to the list. Watching this film is like seeing an entire country become George Romero's zombies with no purpose other than to kill--as brutally as possible. Unfortunately, the film's central love-and-rescue story reduces the movie to schlock, and not because the good cast is not trying its level best to rise to the stupid occasion. Characterization & motivation are barely present and somehow the idea of rescuing a single, probably-dead photographer against all odds & as an entire country self-destructs, keeps striking one, over & over, for more than two hours, as stupid & pompous. Yet, as a short history of "hell as other human beings," this movie lingers far too long & tastes like a mouthful of ashes. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No |
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