Cherie is getting married and hoping to escape from her unstable mother and former stage star Diane (Bernadette Peters). No such luck. Diane and her other daughter Alice (Rachel Brosnahan) have moved into the neighborhood. They don't have money for rent and property manager Charles Aiello (Peter Friedman) is sniffing around. Neighbor Cat (Reyna de Courcy) offers Alice some work.
Rachel Brosnahan is starting out in her career. The actors are generally great but this tries to do too many things. There is the mother daughter relationship. There is Alice and Cat. All the relationships are given short shrift. Filmmaker Lisa Albright's inexperience shows. The film is like a bunch of pretty costumes but non of them really fits. I also don't like the turn in Charles mostly due to a lack of setup. There are a lot of stuff in this movie that isn't setup well or resolved satisfactorily. This has potential and good acting but it struggles to pull everything together.
Coming Up Roses
2011
Action / Drama
Coming Up Roses
2011
Action / Drama
Keywords: woman director
Plot summary
Young Alice and her theatrical mother, Diane desperately hold onto each other and the fantasy of a better life. A dangerous neighborhood, money troubles, even Diane's relentless depression will not defeat them. But is their love and determination enough?
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Rachel Brosnahan
Didn't Live Up To Its Potential
This film is about a struggling family where the centrer character is a naive teenage girl.
The story of the movie had potential but the cast failed to perform accordingly to capture the audience. The screenplay was not good and the cinematography was quite disappointing. For some reason the sound editing was exhaustive for the ears.
It could have been an enjoyable film only if it played all the cards right.
Not recommended for quality time but can be tried to fill up boring time.