Drama

War Flowers

Tri Vision Pictures

Interlight Entertainment

Northstar Partners

United States of America

English

Christina Ricci

Tom Berenger

Jason Gedrick

Jordan Brun

Cole Corey

Scott Michael Campbell

Michael Justice

Gabrielle Popa

Ross Wyngaarden

Tevis R. Marcum

Jason Ishmael Echols

Bren Foster

Drew Dawson

Serge Rodnunsky

Edward Williams

Brian Dodson

Mandy Mikolajczyk

Rochelle Corwin

Andrew Mclean

Kerry Ellis

John Keenan

Donna Terwilliger

Evan Evans

Lisa Lewandowski

Graziano 'Rocky' Gooden

Gordon Faust

Lucie Bouchard

Todd Brodie

Stephanie Arble

Eric Perry

Joy Faust

Deanne Iovan

Jimmy Lifton

Jax Martin

Deborah Hammersburg

Chris Gresham

Rob McIntyre

Brian Stegeman

Edgar Volfson

Linda Ramsey

Gerald I. Wolff

Carol McDowell

Paulette Victor Lifton

Steve Dethrage

Marty Bertera

Aaron Helferich

Dominick Kypragoras

Darren Bondy

Alexander Tabrizi

Amber Harley

Karri Farris

_**Low-budget, but really good story with an impressive cast and convincing acting**_

During the second half of the Civil War, a mother (Christina Ricci) and her precocious daughter await the return of their husband/father at their farmhouse in North Carolina. Meanwhile they have to fend with a local ne’erdowell, skirmishes, a questionable Confederate patrol and a wounded Union soldier found in their basement (Jason Gedrick). Tom Berenger has a peripheral role as a Union general.     

Written & directed by Serge Rodnunsky, “War Flowers” (2012) is an Indie that some have criticized as having a student film vibe with some help from (very convincing) Civil War re-enacters. It's shot kinda stagily and edited using dissolves for many cuts. Meanwhile a few shots don't match each other colorwise.

These technical criticisms are valid due to an obvious low-budget, which reportedly cost $5 million with the bulk of it spent on the impressive cast and Civil War Reenactors, BUT the film does work on the most important level, that of storytelling. My wife & I saw it separately and we both enjoyed it: The story pulls you in and maintains your interest until the end with convincing acting by the principles. It’s vital that a film like this have human interest (otherwise it’s a lost cause) and it scores well in this area. 

The movie runs 1 hour, 39 minutes, and was shot in Michigan.

GRADE: B-/B

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