Flowers for Algernon
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Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon

2000
Drama
TV Movie
1h 31m
Charlie Gordon is retarded and all he wants in life is to be a genius. When he gets picked for experimental surgery it looks like his dream may finally come true. But the surgery has side effects that could could kill Charlie. Can Charlie survive being just plain old "Charlie Gordon" and will his newfound romance survive this test of character? (imdb)
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Directed by:

Jeff Bleckner
Jeff-Bleckner
28 total credits
Credits include: Rear Window, White Water Summer, Remember Sunday, The Beast and The Music Man
polygon

Writers:

John Pielmeier
John-Pielmeier
22 total credits
Credits include: Hitler: The Rise of Evil, Agnes of God, The Pillars of the Earth, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story and Sybil
polygon
,
Daniel Keyes
Daniel-Keyes
5 total credits
Credits include: Charly, Flowers for Algernon and Murder in Coweta County
polygon

Starring:

Matthew Modine
Matthew-Modine
92 total credits
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor. His film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Ron Rifkin
Ron-Rifkin
41 total credits
Credits include: L.A. Confidential, The Negotiator, The Sum of All Fears, A Star Is Born and Keeping the Faith
polygon
,
Bonnie Bedelia
Bonnie-Bedelia
50 total credits
Credits include: Die Hard, Die Hard 2, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Presumed Innocent and Salem's Lot
polygon
,
Richard Chevolleau
Richard-Chevolleau
13 total credits
Credits include: Narc, The Wrong Guy, Swarmed, Earth: Final Conflict and Flowers for Algernon
polygon
,
Kelli Williams
Kelli-Williams
45 total credits
Credits include: Lie to Me, Any Day Now, The Practice, Zapped Again! and A Boyfriend for Christmas
polygon
,
Ken James
Ken-James
13 total credits
Credits include: Rituals, Flowers for Algernon, Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story, Skippy and Psychic
polygon
,
Jeff Pustil
Jeff-Pustil
3 total credits
Credits include: Flowers for Algernon, H20 and Check It Out
polygon

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Flowers for Algernon

2000
Drama
TV Movie
1h 31m
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Ratings & Reviews

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13 May 2010
65
8th
An anemically-scripted TV movie made from a decent book that takes a sophisticated exploration of the nature of intelligence and turns it into a movie about how dumb people are actually better than smart people because dumb people love more. Or something like that. Matthew Modine is good as Charlie, and Bonnie Bedelia is very good as Charlie's mother Rose.
22 Oct 2026
70
36th
Decent for a TV movie. It’s hardly a faithful adaptation, but it gets the message across and hits the big story beats. I can see why most reviewers here only watched it for a class assignment instead of seeking it out; it feels engineered specifically for that.
21 Sep 2026
8
88th
Flowers for Algernon
23 Jun 2026
80
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31 May 2026
50
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19 Oct 2024
62
31st
13 Jan 2024
66
14th
05 Dec 2021
60
31st
28 Feb 2021
1
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16 Mar 2019
60
46th
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Jeff Bleckner
Jeff-Bleckner
28 total credits
Credits include: Rear Window, White Water Summer, Remember Sunday, The Beast and The Music Man
polygon

Writers:

John Pielmeier
John-Pielmeier
22 total credits
Credits include: Hitler: The Rise of Evil, Agnes of God, The Pillars of the Earth, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story and Sybil
polygon
,
Daniel Keyes
Daniel-Keyes
5 total credits
Credits include: Charly, Flowers for Algernon and Murder in Coweta County
polygon

Starring:

Matthew Modine
Matthew-Modine
92 total credits
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor. His film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Ron Rifkin
Ron-Rifkin
41 total credits
Credits include: L.A. Confidential, The Negotiator, The Sum of All Fears, A Star Is Born and Keeping the Faith
polygon
,
Bonnie Bedelia
Bonnie-Bedelia
50 total credits
Credits include: Die Hard, Die Hard 2, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Presumed Innocent and Salem's Lot
polygon
,
Richard Chevolleau
Richard-Chevolleau
13 total credits
Credits include: Narc, The Wrong Guy, Swarmed, Earth: Final Conflict and Flowers for Algernon
polygon
,
Kelli Williams
Kelli-Williams
45 total credits
Credits include: Lie to Me, Any Day Now, The Practice, Zapped Again! and A Boyfriend for Christmas
polygon
,
Ken James
Ken-James
13 total credits
Credits include: Rituals, Flowers for Algernon, Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story, Skippy and Psychic
polygon
,
Jeff Pustil
Jeff-Pustil
3 total credits
Credits include: Flowers for Algernon, H20 and Check It Out
polygon

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Canada

Language:

English
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