Petunia (2013)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Good movie but grossly overrated

As Good As It Gets

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

When did so-called romantic comedies become the means to endorse cheating and lying to those you care for the most? As I watched this movie, I could not believe that the jokes were about people in a family having sex with ther partners, about a couple about to disintegrate due to the lack of morals and character by one of the partners, about a man who went through life like an inmature child despite hurting others no matter how the film tried to portray him as a good guy. Although the movie supposedly had a happy ending, the message had been delivered by then and nothing would save the film from being a gross advertisement for some of the worst human traits

This is a terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE movie! I didn't believe it could be as bad as previous reviewers said it was, but I was wrong. They were right!I admire those who held out for 40 minutes and more. They deserve a medal! I hit eject at 9:32, after Christine Lahti (didn't she use to be good?) said, at her son's wedding, "Tell him his ear wax is making me nauseous." I mean, I'm from a dysfunctional family, but even we weren't ALL obnoxious morons like every single person in this horrible movie; and we weren't even rich!Has there ever been a stupider screenplay than this? A more clumsily wasted group of actors? More incompetent direction?This is by far the worst movie I have ever seen, and I've seen Plan 9 from Outer Space.

What will you learn of this movie?a) Sex addiction can be cured if you get together with a woman that is plump. Plump means every girl with actual thighs qualifies. Because you will be so grossed out, that you'll never think of sex again. No, that is not ironic, just wait until the last scene of the movie, if you can.b)If you're dieting and talking about it, it's because you have a problem, not because society will treat you like the plump girl above. The lesson is to be skinny and pretend to eat anyways.c) Psychiatrists or therapists don't know what they talk about. Their methods are bullshit and they're horrible mothers.d)If your marriage is down the drains you can restart it by taking Viagra.e)Older women are hilariously vapid and ridiculous with their fillers and such. So same lesson here as in b) Look young and skinny and do everything for it, but DO NOT tell or you are to be made fun of. f) If you do not want to have a kid or give it up, you're despicable and do not deserve or are able to give love! You must be portrayed as a drinking, heartless whore! What else could you be? There are other characters, but they are too boring to even comment on them.Basically this is a movie about how much the director or writer looks down on women.

This was a pleasant surprise. "Petunia" revolves around an extended family. The children are grown up and relate to their parents as adults.These characters are narcissistic, they abuse drugs and alcohol, and mostly they are desperately searching for meaningful lives in our fast paced world.The drama is quite heavy at times, and always fascinating. It's broken up by some truly funny situations. The acting is good, as you should expect from a film like this. Charlie, the lead, is especially impressive as the meek but affable middle son who actually holds the family together.I suppose if I had one criticism, it's that the characters all seem independently wealthy. Apart from that, this is a pretty compelling portrait of modern life. I recommend it.If you liked this, then please check out my other reviews. I try to review the movies which not many people see.