Kristin McGary's adaptation of Milam McGraw Propst's
A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street is light family fare built around the engaging Ociee Nash, a 19th-century Mississippi gal with lots of moxie. Mississippi, 1898: Instead of pouring tea with her pinky up like a proper young lady, tomboyish Ociee (Skyler Day) loves to scramble through the woods, worrying her widowed father, George (Keith Carradine), that his little girl is grow up wild. Convinced that a woman's touch is what's needed, George accepts an offer from Ociee’s equally concerned aunt, Mamie (Mare Winningham), who lives in Ashville, North Carolina, and is willing to apply herself to polishing Ociee...
Released:
2003
Rated:
G
Length:
98 mins