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Bed of Roses

Actor(s): Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Pamela Segall, Josh Brolin, Ally Walker
Director(s): Michael Goldenberg
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Adult Situations
Movie Release: 1996
DVD Release: 07/27/1999
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 28 mins
Studio: New Line Home Video
Total Copies: 22
Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama

DVD Synopsis

Two lonely people learn to say it with flowers in this romantic drama. Lisa (Mary Stuart Masterson) is a business executive who has gotten used to being alone but doesn't like it very much; she was abandoned by her birth parents, and then spent most of her childhood being raised by Stanley (S.A. Griffin), an abusive foster father, after her adopted mother died. One day, Lisa gets word that Stanley has died; alone in her apartment, she breaks down and cries uncontrollably. Later the same day, Lisa gets an unexpected delivery of a dozen roses from a secret admirer. Puzzled, Lisa presses the delivery man for information on who might have sent her the flowers, and he confesses -- he sent them himself. Lewis (Christian Slater) runs a flower shop and often takes long walks through the neighborhood, trying to lose his memories of his deceased wife and child. He saw Lisa crying in her window and hoped the roses would cheer her up. Before long, Lisa and Lewis begin dating, but both have some emotional issues to resolve before their story can have a happy ending. This film offers your only opportunity of the moviegoing week to hear someone say, "Oh, there's nothing worse than a finicky agapanthis." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Christian Slater - Lewis Farrell
Mary Stuart Masterson - Lisa Walker
Pamela Segall - Kim
Josh Brolin - Danny
Ally Walker - Wendy

Editorial Review of DVD

John G. Avildsen's rodeo film 8 Seconds comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable in every way to the standard full-frame transfer. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer as well as filmographies of the cast and crew. This is a solid, though unspectacular release from New Line. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Sara C. (SarithaAnn) wrote on 12/7/2008...

Bed of Roses is about two emotionally tattered adults falling in love with each other. When it comes to movies within the romance genre I am probably the easiest person for a director to please. But boy oh boy, was this movie a stinker. It was almost like the director and his writers sat down when working on the script and decided to create a movie with every cliche possible and very little plot.
Let me lay down the plot for you. Christian Slater plays Lewis, a florist, who after being a bit of an innocent peeping tom decides to send Mary Stuart Masterson's character, Lisa some flowers cause she was crying in her window. Lisa then tracks down Lewis who she has never met and a romance begins. Lisa has had a troubled life and does not get close to people but for whatever reason, Lewis keeps chasing her and trying to break down her emotional walls. That's pretty much the whole movie. While watching the movie, I almost felt like I could hear the director saying "Ok close up shot, queue music, add montage of some sort, queue happy music, zoom out, zoom in." Everything was so predictable it was annoying. Also, this movie had scenes that were so overboard with "sweetness" that I thought I might die of an aspartame overdose.
I think this movie is reserved for the die hard romantics but I think even the Harlequin romance lovers will find this movie to mundane. I personally won't be wasting anymore time in my life by watching this again.