The Bouquet

Kristy Swanson and Alberta Mayne play a pair of sisters who come home to help their parents and their flower nursery business. As kids the sisters were competitive as Nicola Cavendish their mother points out. Each went in opposite directions, Swanson became yuppie in the advertising business and Mayne became a back to nature social activist.

Their father's death really puts the financial crunch on the family as Mom finds out dad was running a smoke and mirrors operation to keep the wolf away. The sisters don't get along at first, but when they figure it out both have the skills that fill complementary needs to save the family business.

The Bouquet is a nice family film without too much religious preaching as I did see it on the Christian Broadcasting Network. Danny Glover makes a cameo appearance as a minister. The girls even realize a couple of romantic prospects in Michael Shanks for Swanson and Jeremy Guilbaut for Mayne.

You have to see how the sisters work it. In its own way inspiring.

7.1 stars.

Swanson plays a woman who is successful in business in the big city, she's been away from home for a while. She is like a prodigal daughter because her parents seemed to love her more than her younger sister. The younger sister lives closer to home, but doesn't see her parents very often, and is very jealous and feels like she's been living in her older sister's shadow for 30 years. Dad suddenly dies of a heart attack and the family must come together to reconstruct a dying business and a broken family. There is also a man in the picture who has been helping the parents run the flower business for many years. The older sister falls for the man (eventually), the younger sister falls for another guy (eventually). It's a disjointed film.

If this review seems disorganized it's because the editing, music, and directing of this film are also. I like the story and the message is relevant for most families. There is always going to be a more "special" sibling, and one or more siblings who have to struggle more to fit in, or get the attention they feel they deserve.

I really enjoyed the Bouquet movie. This film is about struggling relationships that most people can relate to. Sometimes it takes a tragedy, or a loss of a loved one to awaken people to what is most important in life.

In the Bouquet movie, a father has a heart attack and dies on Easter. The saddest part, though, is that his two daughters were too busy in their lives to join the mom and dad for the Easter dinner... which ended up being the man's last here on earth! One daughter makes it to the funeral, but the second one arrives after everyone has left the graveside. She is seen at night, grieving over the father's grave. It is a heartbreaking scene!

However, the family blooms in a wonderful way, after the death of the dad. The sisters learn that family is more important then their personal pursuits and they gradually learn to love one another.

They learn that their mother needs them to unite to help her in restoring a failing floral business. The story, also, teaches everyone that special friends, such as a man who celebrated Easter with the elderly couple, can be more loving and loyal then the actual relatives. The man's story will melt your heart and you will learn how he became like a son to the elderly couple.

The Bouquet is about people, more then flowers. It shows how people from all races and walks of life can come together to help one another in Godly love. In a special way, we are the beautiful "Bouquet" This is a heartwarming movie and I highly recommend it to everyone! In closing, I would like to applaud the writer, Kele McGlohon and the director, Anne Wheeler, for making this great, meaningful Christian movie, that everybody can enjoy. Bouquet is a wonderful, non-rated movie, that does not have swearing, or any immoral behavior, or wild music or graphic violence. Thanks, and please keep making great productions, that are non-rated!

The Bouquet movie is a nine, because it is well written, directed and performed! This is a heartwarming movie and I really enjoyed it. I am going to buy another copy of this for my mother. As another reviewer stated, this film does not have any bad elements in it. The Bouquet has a lot in it for adults as well as children, but it is non-rated. This is a great example of how you can make a wonderful film for adults without adding vulgar language and immoral scenes.

Please, movie makers, learn from how this movie was made. Also, know that many of us "adults" are decent people, who do not want garbage thrown into our movies! I am a Christian man and it is my prayer, that Christians, as well as people of other faiths, will request that more wholesome, non-rated movies be made. I really encourage others to buy and enjoy the Bouquet movie!

It's not the kind of movie that will change your life, but it's the kind of movie you want to sit down with your whole family and watch.

Glover is glorious, Swanson is sweet and Mayne is magnificent.

It's a bit of a throwback movie that we all remember from the golden days of films - the kind we'd look forward to every Sunday night with the family. You're safe knowing that no one will be offended, but at the end of the evening it's a fine movie to sit around a chat about.

There's no violence, sex, swear words or disturbing situations. Just a well acted, well-written and enjoyable film for the whole family. A nice movie with a nice message.