Preview: Fireflies in the Garden (2011)

Synopsis:

After a childhood of mental abuse by a seemingly careless father, a grown son returns home to tragedy as he must confront his father alone while his beloved mother lies dead in a mortuary.

• Poster: C

Review:

It's a fairly standard design with no exceptional life or depth. A great poster doesn't have to display its cast to appeal to moviegoers and when they do (Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile for example), it's done not only tastefully but with an eye for intricacy, detail and beauty.

• Trailer: B-

Review:

The trailer starts off strong, but as it plays drifts into melodrama and predictability. And from all appearances, it's Emily Watson who carries the show, not star Ryan Reynolds.

Oscar Prospects:

Unlikely. The film would have to do tremendously well with critics and audiences alike before it would even be in contention.

Release Date:

• October 14, 2011

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (October 2, 2011) Original