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Harrison's Flowers

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Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Harrison Lloyd (David Strathairn) is missing on assignment and presumed dead in a far-off country. Refusing to accept this, his wife Sarah (Andie MacDowell) embarks on a perilous journey to find him and bring him home. Armed with a camera, her determination and a group of Harrison's peers, Sarah enters a world that shocks her to her core.

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Critics Consensus

Though it presents the war in shockingly gritty, realistic terms, Harrison's Flowers uses such scenes as background for a trite love story.

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David Rooney Variety 06/05/2008
Provides powerful drama thanks to its trenchant core story and harrowing re-creation of the brutal chaos of war. Go to Full Review Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly 01/20/2003
Visceral, unrelenting, affecting and, as often, exasperating. Go to Full Review Loren King Chicago Tribune 07/20/2002
3/4
A powerhouse of a film about modern journalism and war. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 11/30/2024
3/4
Here’s a hard-hitting drama that doesn’t shy away from showing the atrocities committed under the tag of “ethnic cleaning.” Go to Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 11/19/2008
The film presents an intense dose of reality -- too intense for some, maybe -- and it leaves us with a bitter aftertaste. Go to Full Review Brian Webster Apollo Guide 07/11/2007
61/100
Built on a foundation of melodrama and implausible coincidence, Harrison's Flowers is a movie that looks far better on paper than it does onscreen. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/26/2016 This is definitely a revealing movie that shows reality of the happenings created by the Serbian aggression on Croatia. It shows the situation of the aggression over the full overall war. See more 03/15/2015 Saving Photog Harrison. Harrowingly gruesome, perhaps gratuitously so. Yes war is hell, but we knew that. See more 12/21/2013 The first hour of the film is pointless and boring, the second half is very affecting but because the first half is a waste of time but the time you get into it its over, the war scenes though are first rate it should got started earlier then you would have a classic war film of great strength. See more 12/08/2012 Such an underrated film. Great cast. Good story! See more 08/27/2012 Such an intriguing movie about a Women Devotion to her Husband "Harrison". when sent on a mission to war torn area as a photogher.Assumed Missing in action his Film is sent back, using this as a clue to link his last where abouts,and local News broadcasting. Harrisons wife goes searching for him. With a compelling gut feeling she just can't let it go. On the way she meets friends,see's death first hand, and intercepts near death herself. "A journey of love, conquers all!" See more 07/28/2012 A primitive anti serbian, hollywood style piece of propaganda. disgusting and full of lies. See more Read all reviews
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Élie Chouraqui

Director

Andie MacDowell

Sarah Lloyd

David Strathairn

Harrison Lloyd

Elias Koteas

Yeager

Adrien Brody

Kyle

Brendan Gleeson

Stevenson

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Synopsis Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Harrison Lloyd (David Strathairn) is missing on assignment and presumed dead in a far-off country. Refusing to accept this, his wife Sarah (Andie MacDowell) embarks on a perilous journey to find him and bring him home. Armed with a camera, her determination and a group of Harrison's peers, Sarah enters a world that shocks her to her core.
Director
Élie Chouraqui
Producer
Élie Chouraqui, Albert Cohen
Screenwriter
Élie Chouraqui, Isabel Ellsen, Michael Katims, Didier Le Pêcheur
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
7 Films Cinéma, Canal+, Le Studio Canal +, France 2 Cinema
Rating
R (Gruesome Images|Brief Drug Use|Pervasive Language|Strong War Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 15, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.8M
Runtime
2h 10m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)