In “Bed of Roses,” Mary Stuart Masterson stars as Lisa Wheeler, a career woman who has no interest in love. None. Whatsoever. When she receives a gorgeous bouquet of flowers at work, with no card, it drives her nuts – who would be sending her flowers, and why? Her boyfriend-of-convenience claims no knowledge, and she only has one good friend, who couldn’t afford that type of extravagance. Who sent them?
Driven to the brink of distraction, she goes to the floral shop where the flowers originated. They can’t find any record of the order, and suggest that she talk to Lewis, the deliveryman who brought them. She hunts him down, finding him at the library story hour, enjoying the reading as much as the children. She asks him, only to be told that the sender wanted to remain anonymous.
That’s not the answer she was looking for, and the mystery is driving her crazy. She hunts him down the next morning as well, and he confesses – he’s the one who sent her the flowers. He had been out walking one night, glanced up and saw her crying in her window, and felt sorry for her. He decided to do something nice for her, and sent her the flowers.
Lisa has never had anyone show her spontaneous compassion before, and she’s not sure how to accept the friendship he’s offering. He invites her to spend the day with him, delivering flowers. He loves to see the expressions on the recipients’ faces and says that floral delivery is the best job in the world. She goes along, not sure what to make of Lewis (Christian Slater) and his unusual take on life.
Lewis is ready to give his whole heart and soul to someone, and he’s smitten with Lisa almost right from the first. Lisa, on the other hand, has never been truly loved, and she wants to push him away while also drawing closer to him. Confused by her emotions, she continues to shut him out until finally she realizes, she can’t live without him.
This movie was very tender and romantic. They do have a physical relationship but it’s not shown, only implied. Lisa’s friend does use a little bit of language, just to put that heads-up in there, but I found this movie to be remarkably clean, and also very touching. If you don’t sniffle at least once before the end, you’re romantically challenged.
This film is rated PG.
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