Wild Iris

Gena Rowlands and Laura Linney turn in outstanding performances in this dark tale of mother-daughter love and hate. Built around small-town life, suicide, and failure, this story takes a few dark turns before finding the light. Linney is outstanding as the lost daughter who can't get her life back after her husband commits suicide. Gena Rowlands is (as always) excellent as the domineering mother who seems to thrive on her daughter's failures. Superior TV movie with good work from Fred Ward and Emile Hirsch as the boy who takes a drastic step to save all their lives.

This flick, which aired on Showtime under the title "Wild Iris", tells of a grandmother, her adult daughter, and a teenage son/grandson who live together in a SOHO wedding dress boutique. In spite of the pasty, made-for-tv "feel", "...Iris" showcases two excellent performances. Rowlands plays a mother in denial about her diseased relationship with her daughter, avoiding the truth while placating conflict with platitudes. Linney plays the daughter who tries to cope with good old mom using brutally frank honesty and vodka has her weapons of choice. Kudos to the pair of female leads.

This is not a Hollywood "feel good" movie. It centers around a daugher, played wonderfully by Laura Linney, who abuses alcohol while she bickers with her mother. Laura Linney is one of my favorite character actors and turns in yet another exceptional performance as a bitter and frustrated mother and daughter trying to cope with the aftermath of losing a husband and moving back in with her mother.

This is a "slice of life" movie where we get the opportunity to see characters evolve through their life experiences. We come to care about the people in this movie and see them make mistakes and sometimes learn from them.

If you these plot-centered movies such as "You Can Count on Me", you will enjoy this movie.

Fine movie about a mother-daughter relationship with Laura Linney and Gena Rowlands in the leading roles. Both actresses give an excellent performance. The story is nothing special but it's acceptable. We also see Emile Hirsch (the guy from "The Girl Next Door" and "Imaginary Heroes") as the son of Laura Linney. This is one of his first important roles and he gives a nice performance.

This is a movie from the same director as "Fort Apache the Bronx" with Paul Newman and Pam Grier ("Jackie Brown") in the leading roles. "Wild Iris" is of course something completely different but in general it is a good movie, nothing exceptional but it is entertaining and the acting performances are good.

This is a quiet film and many haven't even heard of it. Non the less, it's worth it's one and a half hours.

At first glance u might think it's a little "Hallmark", but trust me this is much more.

Kent Broadhurst has written a beautiful script and one can even think it was written for the actors playing in it.

This is the kind of film u see at home alone, or with someone u care about and someone u can show some feelings to.

If u allow it, this movie can bring some feelings out.

Laura Linney plays beautifully as she portrays a some what drunken single mom, with her dreams shattered as her husband takes his own life.

Emile Hirsch shines in the part as her teenage son. Brining his softly spoken being to the cast, he makes u want to stretch out a hand and help him in his struggles.

This is a film that leaves u with you're brain working, and that's how i like it.

A good movie with nice moments.

Henning - Norway!