Flower Girl (TV Movie 2009)

Flower Girl: Directed by Bradford May. With Marla Sokoloff, Marion Ross, Kieren Hutchison, Brook Kerr. Dr. Evan Cooper is the ideal match, on paper and according to her grandmother Rose Durham and friends, including an equally pushy wedding planner, for florist Laurel Haverford, who fears to be the last of her generation to get married. Yet she keeps dragging her heels after meeting cocky Stephen Banks, who is all wrong on paper but makes her heart leap by pure chemistry.

“I never bad-mouth any oneu0026#39;s work, although I do sometimes offer constructive criticism.. In the case of a film thatu0026#39;s already been finished, itu0026#39;s too late..I figure there are a few movies that I know their central story-line and am not interested so I donu0026#39;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 canu0026#39;t forget. There is no chemistry whatsoever between them. Other reviewers have said the pacing is awkward..TRUE..some of the characteru0026#39;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..thatu0026#39;s it..they are good together ..mis-understandings aside..there is a good natural chemistry..he doesnu0026#39;t feel as though heu0026#39;s acting..heu0026#39;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..”