Flowers in the Attic
Lifetime | Release Date: January 18, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
10
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
People WeeklyTom GliattoJan 21, 2014
Season 1 Review: Flowers, both the book and the new movie, is completely absurd--if you want to gauge the absurdity, just know that one of the darkest secrets in the narrative involves a doughnut--but somehow also psychologically coherent. It has a grip. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandJan 21, 2014
Season 1 Review: A sharper creepy TV movie. Read full review
67
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 21, 2014
Season 1 Review: If you dwell too much on the plot, you’ll fall into a chasm of disbelief.... Flowers doesn’t look like a Lifetime film, and that’s a compliment. The production moves at a brisk pace, and unlike the children’s predicament, never feels claustrophobic. Read full review
67
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJan 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: The whole enterprise is alternately laughable and affecting without committing the eighth deadly sin of being boring. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubGenevieve ValentineJan 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Perhaps, because it was unwilling to risk becoming camp, this Flowers can’t achieve the necessary passion, either--Corinne’s viciousness is lost in the shuffle, and volatile Cathy and confused Christopher remain sketches of real characters, whose love never becomes the lifelong connection that takes them by surprise and desperately rushes them toward freedom. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartJan 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: Despite the seemingly substantial production budget, there are moments of howlingly bad special effects.... But the real problem is the movie’s lack of lust. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJan 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: It does what it sets out to do: that is, adapt the book faithfully and still make an entertaining film. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklJan 13, 2014
Season 1 Review: This tale of a twisted family’s misguided quest for love and money is still creepy and atmospheric enough to make for pulpy television fun. Read full review
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