Lewis was a promising young investment banker at Goldman Sachs, married and blissfully in love. Then one night his pregnant wife went into premature labor and he lost everything in one moment. Utterly despondent, he cashed out and quit. Eventually, he bought a flower shop and started delivering flowers, because he enjoyed seeing the happy smiles on people's faces. Then, late one night while out for a walk, Lewis looked up, and saw Lisa standing at her apartment window, crying. Innocently curious, he waited outside her apartment building the following morning, followed her to work and found out who she was. Lisa, by coincidence, was a newly-promoted vice-president at a small private equity investment company, but unlike Lewis who had a large loving family, Lisa had been a foundling, raised by foster parents who were now gone. Lisa's only real girlfriend is Kim, a compassionate elementary school teacher; her current boyfriend, Danny, is the romantic equivalent of a nightlight. Captivated by Lisa, Lewis delivers a lovely bouquet of flowers to her, claiming they're an anonymous gift, but Lisa is skeptical; she tracks Lewis down at his florist shop and discovers the truth.
This is a warm, tender, truly memorable love story, with a happy ending, about two people who are afraid to reach out and take a chance on love because they've been scarred by personal loss in the past. Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson are wonderful in their roles as Lewis and Lisa, two people who wake up to love and realize they've been sleepwalking through life. Pamela [Segall] Adlon provides light humor as Kim, Ally Walker is Lewis' sympathetic sister Wendy, and Josh Brolin is romantically clueless as Danny. The soundtrack is terrific, and the DVD includes Jann Arden's music video Insensitive. If you enjoy romantic drama like The Lake House (2006) I predict you will really enjoy Bed of Roses.
Labels: christmas, drama, rom-drama-faves, romance
IMDb 60/100
RottenTomatoes Averages (critics=52, viewers=76)
Blu-ray
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