Review of Flower Girl (2009) by Brian D — 07 Aug 2010

This movie is pretty laughable. While it's not the worst movie I've ever seen, it's certainly not that great. It sure is a lot better than some of the Lifetime/Hallmark movies, but the premise happens to be a bit hackneyed. Typical female fantasy film fare.

A lovestruck girl is struck between two guys, one of whom seems to be perfect and the other not so perfect. While her meddling grandmother pushes her toward the "perfect" guy, her heart seems to be screaming out for the seeming "badboy".

After needlessly juggling the two throughout the entire movie, she ends up picking the mysterious "badboy" who's really not bad at all, but has just been misunderstood throughout the whole film. They end up happily ever after, with the grandmother eating her words.

I mean, that's terrible about movies like this is that they're made for the slightly overweight, giving up hope on dating, twenty-something year old woman who wants it all. A rich, handsome, mysterious badboy who just seems like a philanderer, but really isn't. The typical guy they had a crush on in college who ended up just partying and sleeping around and never developing an actual real relationship with anyone.

I don't understand why that fantasy is so potent, but it is rather annoying. Just like this movie.