The greatest movie ever!

Nice effects though.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

I first saw the Matthew Modine version, and I have never cried before or since, there are levels to be drawn from this film that were possibly never devised and never intended. The chords it struck in me, may be completely missed in others, perhaps it was just a sensitive moment, whether it be music,paintings,photos,sculptures,films, and even adverts we see what we see, we feel what we feel, independent of others. Be happy we are different, be happy we see things differently, be happy we are the same. I have since seen the Cliff Robertson version, another good film, not read the book and don't intend to. I understand some of the other comments regarding the book and film differences, from reading the Celestine Prophecy and watching the DVD, I prefer the book. Another film from book is Conversations with God, I like the film, I may read the book, but I got the message anyway, that's what I think it's all about.If you like reading get a book,if you like watching get a DVD/video, but don't miss the message.

I think that Flowers For Algernon is a great movie and is worth watching because it is a great family movie about a man who is mentally retarded and receives an operation to help him gain more knowledge but as he gets smarter he eventually learns that his intelligence is only temporary after seeing that Algernon (the mouse) was given the same operation. once he realizes whats happening he is angered and runs away where no one knew that he Was once smart so that he can gain new friendships whit out anybody knowing about his past. It is a great movie and i think is worth watching and if you saw it you might think the same thing. I loved this movie and i hope that if you haven't seen it that you will so you can also realize the greatness of this wonderful movie.

This film might have been more appealing to me had I not first read the short story. It really has to be in story form to get the full impact of the story. I read the short story in Freshman English in college and thought it to be the most touching, tear jerker I had ever read. A wonderful, well written tale!

I watched this made for television movie last night and found it to be quite an entertaining movie. I read the book in high school, so I was already familiar with the plot. While the book is better (that is inevitable with any film adaptation of a novel), this was a fairly good film. I think that Matthew Modine did a wonderful job playing Charlie Gordon. I have seen an older film adaptation of the novel (I think it was called "Charlie"), and it was nowhere near as good as this version. I recommend this movie to anyone who has read the classic novel.