Flowers for Algernon

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Flowers for Algernon

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1h 37m

Drama

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A mentally impaired man (Matthew Modine) must adjust emotionally when a laboratory experiment raises his IQ to amazing levels.

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John Leonard

New York Magazine/Vulture

Why anyone thought we really needed another adaptation of Flowers for Algernon is one of those imponderables of network Vulcan mind-meld.

Feb 6, 2018

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Christie Cronan

Common Sense Media

While Modine's portrayal of Charlie is believable, this adaptation hasn't aged well, especially when compared to the source material.

Apr 17, 2024

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Dylan S

Hello buddy's how's it going?👋

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/24

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Doug C

I listened to the audiobook and found the writing unique and story very intriguing and thought provoking. I struggled to get through the first 10 minutes of this garbage before turning it off. Modine's "acting" is so horrendous it made me cringe. The directing was awful as well. I'm assuming this was a made for tv movie? Felt very rushed and completely out of touch with the subject matter at hand. If there is a stereotypical trope about MR people you'd expect from someone who really knows nothing about them to roll out, they did it in the first 10 minutes. Example, the doctor tells Charlie to close his eyes. Charlie closes his eyes and says, "it's dark." As if the man had never closed his eyes before?!?! That wasn't in the book and that's when I had enough. Great book. Horrible movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/13/23

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Audience Member

BEST MOVIE EVER I WAN TO BE A GENAS

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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It was a decent movie, but it wasn't a lot like the book. They had some similarities. It was good for what it was. I would give it a 7/10.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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bill t

I knew this was going to be good, had a gut feeling. Heck, it's better than Charly for pete's sakes. I liked what they did with the Flowers For Algernon story, went quite quckly to the operation (they didn't in Charly), wasn't too thrilled about the draggativity (I made up a word) of the second half though. Still, the movie put some new ideas into the story. I did like the Frankenstein references.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I really didn't like the movie or the book but if i can choose one it will be the book because that i like a little bit.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Jeff Bleckner

Director

Matthew Modine

Charlie Gordon

Kelli Williams

Alice Kinian

Ron Rifkin

Dr. Jonah Strauss

Bonnie Bedelia

Rose

Richard Chevolleau

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Synopsis

A mentally impaired man (Matthew Modine) must adjust emotionally when a laboratory experiment raises his IQ to amazing levels.

Director: Jeff Bleckner
Producer: Mark Winemaker
Screenwriter: John Pielmeier
Production Co: Alliance Atlantis Communications, Storyline Entertainment, Citadel Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2018
Runtime: 1h 37m

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