there be only a few book to movie adaptation and i hate and this be one of them . my lordy lord lord and vc andrew must be spin in her grave and this be an abomination to her fabulous dollanganger series . flower in the attic be the first of her book i read and i be watch the vh1 tv show i love the 80 and they mention that this be make in 1984. so i go out and buy it . wish i could get my money back and this be so not like the movie . it be so no like the book and they cut back so much . if you read her book do not see this movie . the acting be do horribly and they twist the end so badly and the mother doesn not die until the fourth book or something and i can not recall .