Wildflower [DVD]

Sad in places, but Beautiful in other places and ends well. I loved it for all thepeople helped this girl learn to live in the real world.

This movie deserves great reviews! Very well acted!

Great acting. Lovely story.

The acting is good on this one but the abuse is so dramatic, it makes a hard watch. I skipped parts of it that were just too much.

This is the first time I've seen this movie and it's absolutely endearing. It's like getting a glimpse into the early 1900's and the way people lived in that era. The movie features a fine cast from Beau Bridges to Reese Witherspoon, all fantastic actors in the depiction of small community, family helping those less fortunate, romance between a young boy seeking college and his natural attraction to a deaf girl. A brother and sister help the illiterate deaf girl, played by Arquette, to learn to live among everyday people who accept her with a little help from a loving and generous family. The film teaches a lot of things but most importantly, how a family grows and develops a more loving, close-knit fabric of genuine family that had been lost when the daughter and son's mother died and the father had given up on life. The deaf Allie is wild, at first, until the brother/sister teach her to read and write. I watched her grow and grew a little bit more, myself. The brother gradually falls in love with a "new and improved" deaf Allie who will charm at times and break your heart at others. I'm very glad I found this movie on Amazon. I could not look away until it was all over. I wished to see more. I would give it more stars if available. If you do not enjoy this movie, then watch it again and it will become more clear, if you like to know some of the "older ways."

Patricia Arquette won the Best Supporting Oscar this year for Boyhood & is currently starring the CBS series "Cyber CSI." That triggered me to want to see some of her earlier work, which led to "Wildflower." Arquette is nothing short of amazing in this early role of hers. As Alice Guthrie, she convincingly portrays a deaf child compounded by social deprivations of backwoods misunderstanding. Her epileptic grand mal seizure was frightening. The arc in her character is breathtaking. Reese Witherspoon also is excellent as Ellie Perkins, a young girl whose mother is deceased, raised by her illiterate father played by Beau Bridges. William McNamera plays Ellie's brother Sammy who develops a crush on Alice and longs to go to college. The dynamic between the three teen leads is excellent, directed with a steady hand by Diane Keaton. Norman Max Maxwell who has not done a lot of work this century plays Ormand Guthrie, the often drunk and violent step-father of Alice. He is indeed scary in the role. The film is a made-for-television film and has a PG13 feel to it. It has many excellent themes like the value of friendship, choosing your friends on their personal qualities rather than social status and family loyalty. Well worth seeking this gem out. Enjoy!

I first saw Wildflower, on the Lifetime channel, in the early 90's. I instantly fell in love with it, and have watched it many times. To watch it with someone who has never seen it, thrills me. It is my gift to them, and they are hooked as well. Very few movies accomplish this. My first copy of it, was recorded off TV. Imagine my glee when I found it on VHS. I loaned that copy out, and never got it back. I now have my treasured movie on DVD, and it won't leave my sight again.I knew when I saw it, that the young Reese Witherspoon, and Patricia Arquette would be big stars some day. Every actor in the movie, is superb.'Wildflower' struck a cord in me, because I, like Alice, have Epilepsy. She is said to be "devil teched" by her evil stepfather. Both she, and her mother, are brutally treated by him. This, another painful cord, as I was the victim of abuse by an ex-boyfriend.Seeing Alice thrive throughout the movie gives you hope, and you'll cheer for her. I don't see this movie, listed on any of the actors credits; probably because it, sadly, wasn't shown in a theater. Dianne Keaton did a perfect job, in her directing. Wildflower is my second favorite movie after 'The Color Purple'. To see both these movies on the big-screen, would be a dream come true.

Patricia Arquette was terrific in this movie, but I expected that since she is such a great actress and underrated. I have to say that 14-year-old Reece Witherspoon was terrific, as well. Both actresses have exhibited that they are versatile and are truly good actresses,The story, itself, was a good story. Pretty typical and no surprises. I think the ending could have been developed a little more. I believe this was a TV movie so I wasn't expecting too much. However, I was pleasantly surprised. I was kind of hoping they killed the horrible stepfather, It would have been a better storyline that would have provided a background to a more developed ending, However, this was originally a novel and I assume they stayed true to the original story, I would recommend this movie, It does tend to lend itself to the "chick flick" category :-)

Having watched this as a teenager with epilepsy, sitting alone in the dark, I was able to feel like I could relate. It's harder when you're a teen and falling in lust a lot to know that for you it takes a special person to love you and treat you like any other, especially if epilepsy is only one of the conditions you have. This is the same film as the one with the cover with a blue sky and poppies in a field. I looked for this film for years in all the big dvd stores and only found an adult film with this name. So glad I caught the name on the end credits and remembered it.

I have been looking for this on-line since I saw it when I was 11. It is a great story, originally as a TV series and depicts the love between two people who would never be put together. The acting in this film is incredible on all parts, especially Patricia Arquette and a young Reece Witherspoon. A high recommendation with great postage which exceeded expectations.

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Version anglaise, flim dramatique qui me rappelle mon adolescence.