Despite a fantastic cast, Wildflower doesn’t live up to its potential & uses its disabled characters as vehicles to drive the main character’s story.
Directed by Matt Smukler from a screenplay by Jana Savage, Wildflower attempts to be a heartfelt dramedy and a coming-of-age story about a teenager who cares for her disabled parents and struggles under the pressure of doing that alongside balancing her personal life. On the surface, Wildflower succeeds, but digging deeper into its message reveals a more disheartening and disingenuous film.
If Wildflower was ever interested in exploring its disabled characters’ lives and interiority, it doesn’t bother to delve any deeper beyond the pain and stress they cause Bea. The film brings up questions about parenting, the rights of a child, and what a child might endure when parents are not up to the task of caring for them, but it drops the ball in saying anything meaningful.
It’s easy to understand where this film is coming from, but the approach needed to be more refined and thoughtful in its handling of Sharon and Derek. Otherwise, it just makes it seem like they were used for laughs, cheap sympathy, and to elevate an able-bodied character in her story. There are definitely genuine moments throughout the film, and the cast is fantastic, but Smukler doesn’t utilize everything to the advantage of the story or its characters.
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