2017 · comedy · drama · coming-of-age
Flower
Directed by Max Winkler1h 34m2017
Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.
Our read: Flower (2017) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intimate
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