Bed of Roses . Tucson Weekly . 02-01-96

Bed of Roses

DIRECTED BY: Michael Goldenberg

REVIEWED: 02-01-96

If you liked Untamed Heart and Sleepless in Seattle, then Bed of Roses is just your kind of budding romance. Mary Stuart Masterson(last seen as an emotionally-distraught love object in Benny and Joon) plays the tough-because-I-have-to-be career gal who's whole life is turned upside down by an anonymous flower delivery. Christian Slater(last seen as the mysterious, romantic rescuer in Untamed Heart) plays the impetuous introvert who holds the key to the mystery. Bed of Roses is more a collection of scenes than a story, following the standard premise that two sad lives somehow add up to one happy one. Character development is dismally lacking, but the universal fairy tale that true love will find us--and save us--in spite of ourselves is so familiar we hardly notice. Enjoy the fantasy--in real life, these people really would turn out to be psychos.

--Mari Wadsworth

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