
Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last assignment, in war-torn Yugoslavia, in 1991, at the height of the fighting. Word comes back that he apparently died in a building collapse, but his wife Sarah (also a journalist for Newsweek) refuses to believe that he's dead and goes looking for... (Full plot summary below)
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Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last assignment, in war-torn Yugoslavia, in 1991, at the height of the fighting. Word comes back that he apparently died in a building collapse, but his wife Sarah (also a journalist for Newsweek) refuses to believe that he's dead and goes looking for him. She's helped immensely by the photo-journalists Eric Kyle and Marc Stevenson that she runs into over there; together, they're determined to make it through the chaotic landscape to Vukovar, which is not only the nexus of the war but where she believes Harrison is located. Meanwhile, Harrison's son Cesar is looking after his father's prized greenhouse, keeping hope, and flowers, alive.
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| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsThis story of a determined woman's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifford...a solid, well-acted adventure film that wears its condemnation and acceptance of the vagaries of civil war on its sleeve. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairWhen describing an Andie MacDowell movie, the words "gritty" and "harrowing" do not immediately spring to mind. |
| eye WEEKLYAdam NaymanThis is a very good film, and it heralds an emerging directorial talent. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaThe images and performances are gripping enough to override the melodramatic missteps. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Cliffordone of those coulda, woulda, shoulda films that frustrates with its unrealized potential |
| Toronto StarGeoff PevereRemarkable for its power to immerse us in the terror, panic and sheer adrenalized rush of the photojournalist's existence. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelTodd AnthonyGiven the unrelenting onslaught of grimly realistic action and sickening violence, Sarah's quest starts to seem pretty insignificant. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeYou might say that world news has caught up with Harrison's Flowers, making it both topical and suddenly relevant. |
| PopMattersCynthia FuchsThe outcome for Sarah and Harrison starts to feel slightly irrelevant, compared to the awfulness they observe and endure. |