Petunia (film)

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Petunia
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Directed by Ash Christian
Screenplay byAsh Christian
Theresa Benett
Produced byAsh Christian
Jordan Yale Levine
Starring Tobias Segal
Thora Birch
Michael Urie
Brittany Snow
Shad Gaspard
Cinematography Austin Schmidt
Edited byScott D. Martin
Music by Douglas J. Cuomo
Production
companies
New Films International
Ironclad Pictures
Distributed byWolfe releasing
Release date
June 28, 2012
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Petunia is a 2012 comedy-drama film. It was co-written and directed by Ash Christian. Thora Birch, who stars in the film, and her father Jack Birch, are credited as producers. [1]

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Plot

The film relates simultaneously the lives and romantic/sexual relationships of the Petunias: the parents, Felicia and Percy, and their three sons, Michael, Adrian and Charlie. The film also features the wife of Michael, Vivian, and her cousin George.

Cast

Reception

Due to its very limited release, [1] the film has been reviewed by few outlets. Reception for the film has generally been mixed. Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter weighs, in a lukewarm review, a "wildly inconsistent" plot against "some marvelous moments and a terrific ensemble". [2] Dennis Harvey in Variety compares the film to director Todd Solondz's works, judging Petunia to have "a bit less bile (and punch)". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Freedman, Hadley. January 23, 2014. Thora Birch Interview, The Guardian. Accessed January 27, 2014.
  2. Scheck, Frank. June 27, 2013. Petunia Review, The Hollywood Reporter. Accessed January 27, 2014.
  3. Harvey, Dennis. June 27, 2013. Petunia Review, Variety. Accessed January 27, 2014.