Petunia

Saw this on Tubi and laughed all the way through. Good acting and funny script. The humor is often counter culture, somewhat like the Munsters, where spreading dust in the Munster's house was considered "cleaning". Or planting grab grass instead of Kentucky blue grass was considered the most attractive option. In Petunia, we have a recently wedded young bride who obviously isn't ready to settle down and have a baby. Monogamy for her is a bad idea and she wastes no time sleeping around after taking her vows. The movie ends on happy notes. Word of caution....if you think the use of the F word is never funny, then DO NOT watch this movie. I didn't think it was over used, and where it was used, it was a hilarious.

This was a pleasant surprise. "Petunia" revolves around an extended family. The children are grown up and relate to their parents as adults.

These characters are narcissistic, they abuse drugs and alcohol, and mostly they are desperately searching for meaningful lives in our fast paced world.

The drama is quite heavy at times, and always fascinating. It's broken up by some truly funny situations. The acting is good, as you should expect from a film like this. Charlie, the lead, is especially impressive as the meek but affable middle son who actually holds the family together.

I suppose if I had one criticism, it's that the characters all seem independently wealthy. Apart from that, this is a pretty compelling portrait of modern life. I recommend it.

If you liked this, then please check out my other reviews. I try to review the movies which not many people see.

This is a terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE movie! I didn't believe it could be as bad as previous reviewers said it was, but I was wrong. They were right!

I admire those who held out for 40 minutes and more. They deserve a medal! I hit eject at 9:32, after Christine Lahti (didn't she use to be good?) said, at her son's wedding, "Tell him his ear wax is making me nauseous." I mean, I'm from a dysfunctional family, but even we weren't ALL obnoxious morons like every single person in this horrible movie; and we weren't even rich!

Has there ever been a stupider screenplay than this? A more clumsily wasted group of actors? More incompetent direction?

This is by far the worst movie I have ever seen, and I've seen Plan 9 from Outer Space.

This is a film that personifies horrible acting, a poor script and just the biggest waste of time imaginable. It's listed as a "dark comedy" but really is neither of those things. It's time you'll never get back if you do watch it!

OK. Good premise, good cast, good money. And then - a kind of slow, almost leisurely, but basically rather sad, car crash. Nobody cares about anybody. The parents are so self-obsessed I felt like putting a brick through the screen. It's a good attempt, well (enough) done, but there's really just no-one to like. At all. In the press (here in the UK) there have been a few pundits saying there will be fewer films but they'll cost more. This wasn't cheap, and has decent production values. It's the script, I suspect. If you're a BIG fan of a cast member, then go for it. Otherwise it's a stretch.

4 out of 10. Not awful, just a damp squib.