I've seen all the series that Lifetime has done on the "VC Andrews" books. The movies, NONE of them really capture the books. Really don't know why Lifetime bothered if they weren't going to develop them into the drama-filled, angsty, gothic, mysterious family sagas that they are. Heaven is my favorite, along w/Ruby, and the Casteel movies were a disaster.
This movie is fine if you ignore the book. They have a good cast and I think Ruby as well as Giselle are decent actresses. I like that they actually used real twins bc they have true chemistry as sisters. I read that they're identical, but in the same way that if you look at Mary Kate and Ashley long enough, you can figure out who is who. There are a lot of familiar faces in this. Nothing in this movie says Louisiana and New Orleans except for the fact that they keep saying both. No accents, no music, nothing. That's disappointing because it would have added some authenticity. All of the movies go from event to event, so the movies seem like a bunch of scenes filmed and pieced together. I do think the movie told a story, but it didn't really flesh out much.
There's not much to say because there's no point in comparing it to the books since we know how Lifetime rolls. But it's a watchable 90 minutes. Watching Pearl in the Mist next.
