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The Flamingo Rising

2001, Movie, NR, 98 mins

The Flamingo Rising: Review

This smug, nostalgia wallow, set in the 1950s, deals with domestic dysfunction in a superficial manner better suited to a sitcom. Ex-GI Hubert Lee (Brian Benben), who has adopted and raised two Korean War orphans, just wants to settle down with his wife, Edna (Elizabeth McGovern), son Abraham Jacob (Christopher Larkin) and daughter, Louise Janine (Olivia Oguma). Lee spots some isolated waterside property, bordered by only one neighbor, which he purchases and fashions into a g... read more leave a comment