Petunia (film)
5.2 /10 1 Votes5.2
Director Ash Christian Initial DVD release June 21, 2013 (Australia) Country United States | 5/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 28, 2012 Writer Ash Christian, Theresa Bennett Cast (Vivian Petunia), (Robin McDougal), (Michael Petunia), (Felicia Petunia), (George McDougal), (Charlie Petunia) Similar movies Garbo Talks (1984), Peace - Love & Misunderstanding (2011), Metropolitan (1989), The Mend (2014), Thora Birch appears in Petunia and Ghost World | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brothers Charlie (Tobias Segal), Adrian and Michael (Eddie Kaye Thomas) try to unlearn everything their psychoanalyst parents have taught them about life, as their family unit teeters on the edge of a collapse.
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Petunia is a 2012 comedy-drama film. It was co-written and directed by Ash Christian. Thora Birch, who stars in the film, and her father Jack Birch are credited as producers.
The story of a family whose growth is stunted... a family that learns how to love themselves while loving each other (a little too much).
Plot
The film relates simultaneously the lives and romantic/sexual relationships of the Petunias: the parents, Felicia and Percy, and their three sons, Michael, Adrian and Charlie. The film also features the wife of Michael, Vivian, and her cousin George.
Cast
Reception
Due to its very limited release, the film has been reviewed by few outlets. Reception for the film has generally been mixed. Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter weighs, in a lukewarm review, a "wildly inconsistent" plot against "some marvelous moments and a terrific ensemble". Dennis Harvey in Variety compares the film to director Todd Solondzs works, judging Petunia to have "a bit less bile (and punch)".
References
Petunia (film) WikipediaPetunia (film) IMDb Petunia (film) themoviedb.org