Bed of Roses ** (1996, Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Pamela Adlon, Josh Brolin, Debra Monk) – Classic Movie Review 6726

Writer-director Michael Goldenberg’s 1996 romantic drama stars Christian Slater as shy widowed florist Lewis Farrell who sends roses to workaholic banker Lisa Walker (Mary Stewart Masterson) and they begin a whirlwind love affair, with Masterson scared that she will get her heart broken and Slater troubled by discovering that she has a past.

Writer-director Goldenberg tries hard to please in a mild, soppy, light-as-air romance that never quite comes alive despite charming work by Slater and Masterson, and lively support form a good cast who include Pamela Segall, Josh Brolin, Ally Walker, Debra Monk, Kenneth Cranham, Mary Alice and Anne Ptoniak.

It did quite well to gross $19,030,691 in the US an take an overall $27,315,527 at the box office.

Bed of Roses is directed by Michael Goldenberg, runs 88 minutes, is made by Juno Pix, is distributed by New Line, is written by Michael Goldenberg, is shot by Adam Kimmel, is produced by Allan Mindel and Denise Shaw, and is scored by Michael Convertino. The score was composed for two orchestras and recorded in different locations, and then mixed in the studio.

The main cast are Christian Slater as Lewis Farrell, Mary Stuart Masterson as Lisa Walker, Pamela Adlon [Pamela Segall] as Kim, Josh Brolin as Danny, Debra Monk as Lewis’s mom, Mary Alice as Alice, Kenneth Cranham as Simon, Ally Walker as Wendy and S A Griffin as Lisa’s foster father Stanley.

It has no relation to the 1933 film of the same title Bed of Roses.

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