Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

A Brilliant Conflict

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Blistering performances.

I never bad-mouth any one's work, although I do sometimes offer constructive criticism.. In the case of a film that's already been finished, it's too late..I figure there are a few movies that I know their central story-line and am not interested so I don't watch. Others like Flower Girl I find have some redeeming things going for them. This one has a case of mis- casting..Marion Ross as an over-bearing,meddling grandmother who thinks she knows who may be better suited for her marriage-age grand-daughter more than the young Laurel (Marla Sokoloff) is a lot to put up with..someone playing it more subtle would have played better. Terry Maratos playing Dr. Evan Cooper is quite unbelievable as the doctor..not even after the first date he has already told his mother about this girl he can't forget. There is no chemistry whatsoever between them. Other reviewers have said the pacing is awkward..TRUE..some of the character's names came right out of central casting..check out the credits ..Evan Cooper..Stephen Banks..but back to the story..a lot of stories have a romantic mis-understanding..we have it here in spades..but hopefully it will all work out in the end..the things it does have going for it are the two leads playing Laurel and Stephen..that's it..they are good together ..mis-understandings aside..there is a good natural chemistry..he doesn't feel as though he's acting..he's pretty good and Marla/Laurel complements him..not a bad film..just annoying in those two areas..Marion Ross and the hard to take Dr. Cooper as a love interest..when their scenes are on you can always head to the fridge..7 out of 10..

:WARNING SPOILERS:I found Flower Girl to be a most sweet and sunny film, but one far too sweet and sunny for it's own good. I felt that the plot of the film was very weak and thin, and I also found it to be real boring pretty much from the start. It also had what was to me an unrelenting tone of cloying sweetness. You know how films like these are classified as romantic comedy, romantic drama? Well this one was ALL romance, no drama no laughs, no nothing. Real sickly sweet,like Betty White.(Love her.)I've seen a ton of romantic girl movies just like this one, and I have enjoyed them for the most part. Not so much with this one. I have seldom seen a romance movie so very bad... The plot was not something anyone who knows there romance movies has not heard a hundred times before: There's this lovable girl who has just gotta get married, but first this pretty girl she has got a few iddy biddy hurdles to overcome, such as having to choose between two stud muffins, but, and call me crazy now, I had a very strong feeling it would all work out in the end...(!) Of course the little sweety does indeed achieve her dream and a bitchin' huge fairytale of a wedding and is most assuredly going to live happily ever after. Meh... Sounds good, don't it? But trust me in this instance it's a case of style over substance. I actually love schmaltzy, uplifting movies like these-When.They.Are.Done.Well!!! I couldn't glean a thing from this slushy garbage. And as for the pace of the movie, I had no problem there. It certainly wasn't over until it was over! The reason I didn't give this rotten movie a numero uno is because I didn't actually think the acting was bad, and it did have a very nice, clear look to everything, but big hairy deal. It's not how it looks its how it feels. The entire thing to me was dull,(Ha! it was the first time I ever saw something that was simultaneously both shiny and dull!)pretentious, and real, REAL boring. In films like this I have watched in the past the lead, always a girl, was likable, lovable, and fun. The lead girl in this film to me however, was very non-likable and just plain annoying. I just found everything about her performance to be most false, and I just couldn't bring myself to care about her at all. Don't ask me why(!)Perhaps it would have been a better picture had they picked a better lead, no? As I read his directography(?) I see that I have caught quite a few of Bradford May's movies on the telly over the years, including his romantic ones, some of which are very similar to this film. But, I enjoyed all of those far more than I did Flower Girl. It seems that something just wasn't written in the stars when he directed this one... Awful. I never enjoyed a romance movie less. Bye.

I don't really think I'm including any spoilers, but I wasn't sure how someone might interpret this so I'm just putting the warning out there just in case. I thought I would really enjoy this movie. I turned it on knowing that it was going to be one of those predictable easy to watch movies. Just what I needed on a Saturday night. And there were parts that I enjoyed. I agree with the previous writer that sometimes the pacing of the story was unrealistic, but as we all know movies aren't always realistic. Especially movies advertised on the Hallmark Channel to run during the weeks leading to Valentine's Day. We watch these movies knowing what we're getting ourselves into when we sit down and turn the TV on. And in most ways, this movie fits that bill. But I just have one major complaint. The grandmother and the best friend are so negative to the possibility of the main character being in love with one of the men that it really brings the movie down. The friend just has a bad attitude and clearly has a problem being happy and encouraging for her best friend, and I do realize the part was probably written this way and she is acting it as it was intended. And if the friends attitude was the only one in this movie it probably wouldn't be that bad. You always have to have an antagonist. But the Grandmother is so nagging and meddling that its not endearing and she's not really viewed as a woman with good intentions. She's just plain annoying. This movie would have been so much better either without a grandmother/parent character in it...or the grandmother's part should have been written as one of those old, wise grandmothers who encourages her granddaughter to follow her heart and find the man of her dreams. I realize that this movie was intended to be this way and the grandmother character is exactly what the writer intended, but you (the author) took it too far. She is so annoying that I actually cringed every time she entered a scene. I've only written one review before and I generally only would write to support a show that I want to continue into a second season. But I had to come on here and warn any other potential movie-watchers to what you may be getting into. So anyway, watch this movie knowing what you're getting into. It's predictable and likable, but prepare yourself for the annoyance of the sabotaging grandmother. If you can get past her, you'll probably enjoy yourself.

I caught this movie when it premiered on Hallmark (11.14.09) and while I expected the typical Hallmark/Lifetime (well maybe not Lifetime these days), I thought the pacing of the movie was too fast. I know they've got a block of time to fit the story, but it's really hard to buy a marriage at the end of the film after what 2 dates? It's the standard story: girl is alone, all of girl's friends are married, girl wants to be married, girl has meddling family member, girl meets two men who are polar opposites, girl has to decide btwn the two, girl chooses. The endings to these types of films are predictable, so in the end, it becomes about the execution. For example, in Hallmark's other new movie Always and Forever, while it's clear what the end will be, the execution of it all and the pacing of the movie made it all believable. I think movies like this work best when the script shows that time has past..that the characters have really gotten to know each other. For example, the guy Stephen, was holding a big secret. We eventually find out why he was so secretive, but there's really no way I or most other women would have let him dodge the subject soooo many times and not said screw it.I don't want to give any major spoilers, so I will just say that it's an easy-going movie, the cast was great, lots of familiar faces. I just felt that better pacing would have gone a long way to help fill out the storyline.