Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- oppressive
- disturbing
- melodramatic
- dark drama night
- adaptation double feature
What critics said
Critics found the adaptation more successful than the 1987 version in places but ultimately stale and excessively melodramatic, resulting in a mixed overall response.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Dollanganger children are coerced into hiding in their grandmother's attic and remain under her control.
The children's confinement follows their father's death and is enforced through family power and secrecy.
The mansion attic functions as the central setting for secrecy, confinement, starvation, and abuse.
The film is explicitly based on V.C. Andrews' controversial cult-classic novel and foregrounds its taboo family premise.
Films like Flowers in the Attic, and why
The Night House
gothic family secrets, domestic captivity, and psychological abuse
The Others
claustrophobic domestic horror, oppressive family control, and disturbing secrets
The Good Son
traumatized young protagonists confronting abusive family structures in a grim thriller
Movie Details
- Director
- Deborah Chow
- Release Date
- 2014-01-18
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (422)
Cast
- Heather Graham
- Kiernan Shipka
- Mason Dye
- Ava Telek
- Maxwell Kovach
- Dylan Bruce
- Chad Willett
- Ellen Burstyn
- Beau Daniels
- Laura Jaye
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Philo, Lifetime Movie Club, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Flowers in the Attic about?
- After their father's death, four siblings are imprisoned in a mansion attic where family secrets and ruthless control turn grief into a struggle for survival.
- What is Flowers in the Attic like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Flowers in the Attic as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Flowers in the Attic violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Flowers in the Attic as mild.
- What did critics think of Flowers in the Attic?
- Critics found the adaptation more successful than the 1987 version in places but ultimately stale and excessively melodramatic, resulting in a mixed overall response.
- Which films are like Flowers in the Attic?
- Films with a similar feel include The Night House, The Others, and The Good Son.
- How long is Flowers in the Attic?
- Flowers in the Attic runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Flowers in the Attic?
- In United States, Flowers in the Attic streams on Netflix, Philo, Lifetime Movie Club, Netflix Standard with Ads.
