Flower (film)

Flower
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Max Winkler
Produced by
  • Brandon James
  • Eric B. Fleischman
  • Sean Tabibian
  • Matt Spicer
Written by
Starring
Music by Joseph Stephens
Cinematography Caroline Costa
Edited by Sarah Beth Shapiro
Production
company
  • Rough House Pictures
  • Diablo Entertainment
Distributed by The Orchard
Release date
  • April 20, 2017 (2017-04-20) (Tribeca)
  • March 16, 2018 (2018-03-16) (United States)
Running time
 93 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $500,000[1]
Box office $328,188[2]

Flower is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Max Winkler, from a screenplay written by Alex McAulay, Winkler, and Matt Spicer. It stars Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker, Adam Scott, Joey Morgan, and Dylan Gelula.

It had its world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20, 2017. It was released theatrically on March 16, 2018, by The Orchard. Now it is available in Apple digital, and on DVD from Lionsgate.

Synopsis

A spunky and complicated teenage girl named Erica who looks forward to bailing out her father by being a prostitute, and defining her posse's antics as vigilantism gets a new step-brother Luke. Luke was in rehabilitation for drug abuse and neuroticism. Luke while bonding with Erica sees Will, a teacher who Luke claims sexually assaulted him when he was younger. The well-meaning Erica rallies her brother and teams up with her friends to extort and make Will pay for his deeds.

Cast

Production

On June 23, 2016, it was reported that Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Adam Scott, and Tim Heidecker would star in Flower, directed by Max Winkler from a script by Alex McAulay that was on the 2012 Black List of best unproduced screenplays. Filming was set to begin that summer.[3]

Filming

Filming was completed in just 17 days in San Fernando Valley.[4]

Release

Flower premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on April 20, 2017.[5][6] Shortly after, The Orchard acquired distribution rights to the film.[7] First trailer/teaser was released on December 1, 2017.[8] It was released on March 16, 2018.[9]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 52% based on 54 reviews, and an average rating of 5.5/10.[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11]

References

  1. ↑ Kelley, Sonaiya (March 14, 2018). "Dark comedy 'Flower' is a coming-of-age story ripe for the Time's Up era". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Flower (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 23, 2016). "Max Winkler Indie 'Flower' Blooms With Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker & Adam Scott". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ Lee, Ashley (April 20, 2017). "How Zoey Deutch Made 'Flower' Bloom With In-Character Therapy and Female Crew". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ "TRIBECA 2017 ANNOUNCES FEATURE FILM LINE UP FOR COMPETITION, SPOTLIGHT, VIEWPOINTS, AND MIDNIGHT SECTIONS". Tribeca Film Festival. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Flower". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  7. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 23, 2017). "Max Winkler's Teenage Comedy 'Flower' Plants Itself At The Orchard – Tribeca". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ "FLOWER (2018) Official Red Band Teaser Trailer HD". The Orchard Movies. YouTube. December 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ Farley, Rebecca (November 30, 2017). "Watch Zoey Deutch Sow Chaos In The Official Teaser For Flower". Refinery29. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Flower (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Flower Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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