Bed of Roses (1996 film)

Bed of Roses ( Bed of Roses) is an American film drama directed by Michael Goldberg from the year 1996. The film stars Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson.

Action

The New Yorker Lisa Walker works as a financial expert. She works a lot and has professional success. Your relationship with Danny is not happy.

Lisa gets unexpectedly in her office a delivery of roses, which delivers Lewis Farrell. Neither Danny nor the other friend Lisa reveal themselves as principal. Lisa is investigating in the flower business, but Lewis denied the information.

In the evening, Lisa Lewis sees outside her house. He stares at her window. Lisa learns that Lewis is the owner of the store. He brought her the flowers after he saw it at random.

Lisa gets more flowers. She learns the life of Lewis know you better. Lisa and Lewis are a couple. She tells him about her difficult childhood.

Before Christmas, there is a crisis. Lisa puts an end to Lewis. Later, she regretted it and visited him in his apartment. Lewis hesitates at first - but then he forgives her.

Reviews

  • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times of 26 January 1996 that the filming of the maudlin story would fit well into the 1930s. The character of Kim to serve, so Lisa could tell about their thoughts. Ebert asked to speculate what would happen if the energetic Kim would get the flowers. The talents of the lack occupied Mary Stuart Masterson and Christian Slater were wasted.
  • Jack Mathews wrote in the Los Angeles Times of 26 January 1996, that such sweet films like this should be as short as possible. The character of Lewis Farrell is working too perfect.
  • The editors of prism -online.de wrote that the comedy was one of the most banal films of all time. The story was flat, some plot elements would seem artificial.

Background

The film was shot in New York City. The grossing cinemas in the U.S. was 19 million U.S. dollars.

Footnotes

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