Fireflies in the Garden

2008
R
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

14K

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Julia Roberts, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ryan Reynolds, Chase Ellison, Hayden Panettiere, and Brooklynn Proulx in Fireflies in the Garden (2008)

The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college Â—- decades after leaving to raise her children.

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The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

14K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Kelly
(as Carrie Anne Moss)

Julia Roberts

Lisa Taylor

Ioan Gruffudd

Addison

Hayden Panettiere

Young Jane Lawrence

Shannon Lucio

Ryne Taylor

Cayden Boyd

Young Michael Taylor

George Newbern

Jimmy Lawrence
(as George Newburn)

Chase Ellison

Christopher Lawrence

Brooklynn Proulx

Leslie Lawrence

Diane Perella

Flight Attendant

Natalie Karp

Social Worker

John C. Stennfeld

Reverend Byers
(as Reverend John Stennfeld)

Philip Rose

Papi
(as Phillip Rose)

Babs George

Nana

Frank Ertl

Morgan Duncan

Director
- Dennis Lee
Writer
- Dennis Lee
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Trivia
Julia Roberts is married to the film's cinematographer, Daniel Moder.

Goofs
When Kelly first appears walking into the house after the funeral, the boom mic is visibly above the doorway.

Quotes
Jimmy: [to Michael] Gotta tell you my kids love it here. Christopher's in your old room and Leslie here is in Ryne's.
[turns to Leslie]
Jimmy: Say hello to your cousin.
Michael: [to Leslie, when she doesn't say anything] You're short.
Jimmy: [to Michael] Yeah guest room's upstairs, second door on the right, but I guess you know that because uh this is your home.
Leslie: Uncle Charlie said it's our home now.
Jimmy: You're right honey, it is our home now. But um, Michael grew up here so... it's his home, too.
Leslie: But it's our home.
Jimmy: [picks Leslie up] What do you say we go catch some more of that ball game, huh?
[to Michael as he starts walking]
Jimmy: If you need anything let me know.
Michael: Okay.
Jimmy: [stops and turns back to Michael] Hey this... this is great, you know... It's good to...
Michael: Yeah you too.
[Mouths to Leslie after Jimmy turns back around]
Michael: It's MY home.

Connections
References Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (2006)

Soundtracks
Piano Trio in A minor (Op. 50)
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky)
Performed by The Vincent Trio

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Featured review

8/10

Beautiful, tragic and inspiring

Fireflies in the garden is a very tragic, beautiful and at sometimes awe inspiring. Fireflies in the garden is based on a poem by the legendary Robert Frost and is what inspired this film. This magnificent piece of movie making stars Ryan Reynolds as Michael Taylor a very accomplished and well liked novelist who while going home for a family reunion is meet with an unexpected and heartbreaking tragedy. This film is a study of the human emotion and how one death can lead you to find your way back to the people who love and care for you.

Fireflies in the garden is a beautiful film that will have your heart wrenching and at sometimes soaring above new heights. I lost my mom last year to cancer, so this movie was very hard for me to watch, but I made it trough to the end but not without shedding a river full of tears. In our lives we all lose someone we love and we all regret that we didn't do anything different or we didn't bother to be there for them when we were needed the most, and this film tells a story that can make you come to terms with that feeling. It can make you feel like not all is lost and that the grass is greener on the other side.

Ryan Reynolds, Julia Roberts, William Defoe and Carrie-Anne Moss deliver earth shattering performances in a movie that should be recognized as one of the best of 2008, this film should be released commercially to people so that they can experience a movie that will truly touch your heart in many way's. Fireflies in the garden is now and will always be one of my favorite films of all time, and I hope it will be one of yours too.