Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted (2016)

Abby Knight, ex-lawyer, crime buff and owner of Bloomers Flower Shop, is having a week to be reckoned with. A reluctant bridesmaid at wedding, Abby ends up not just doing the flowers, but having to find out who murdered a wedding crasher.

Director:

Bradley Walsh

Writers:

Kate Collins (novel), Neal H. Dobrofsky

Stars:

Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott, Beau Bridges

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brooke Shields	...	Abby Knight
Brennan Elliott	...	Marco Salvare
Beau Bridges	...	Jeffrey Knight
Kate Drummond	...	Nikki Bender
Celeste Desjardins	...	Sydney Knight
Dru Viergever	...	Sergeant Dunn
Dani Kind	...	Jillian Knight Osbourne
Marie Ward	...	Bethany Hart
Sonja Smits	...	Glory Osbourne
Chad Connell	...	Claymore Osbourne
Kimberly-Sue Murray	...	Melanie Turner
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Josiah Turner
Mark Gibson	...	Jack Sutcliff
Doug Murray	...	Richard Bender
Jim Calarco	...	Reverend

Storyline

Abby Knight, ex-lawyer, crime buff and owner of Bloomers Flower Shop, is having a week to be reckoned with. A reluctant bridesmaid at wedding, Abby ends up not just doing the flowers, but having to find out who murdered a wedding crasher.

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Romance

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 June 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fiori e delitti - Un matrimonio a caro prezzo

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hideaway Pictures,HP Flowershop Mysteries Productions Ontario Inc.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted is produced by HP Flowershop Mysteries Productions Ontario Inc. and Hideaway Pictures.

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Goofs

When Abby and Marco are in her car listening to the police scanner, they're having trouble with high-pitched audio feedback. A scanner is a receiver. A receiver cannot generate feedback. Unless there's something like a microphone or electronic pickup "feeding back" and being further amplified, there's nothing to feed back from the speaker.

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Connections

Follows Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud (2016)

User Reviews

what are they doing to Brooke Shields?

"Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted" is a new Hallmark mystery in the Flower Shop series starring Brooke Shields.

I have to admit, shallow though I may be, I was distracted by Brooke Shields' appearance in this TV movie. More on that later.

In this movie, Abby (Shields) helps her cousin Jillian prepare for her wedding by supplying the flowers and agreeing to wear a hideous bridesmaid dress. She's hoping Jillian doesn't cancel this wedding, too, because of cold feet. But the wedding happens.

At the reception, Abby and Marco (Brennan Elliot) find the body of Jack Sutcliff who tried to crash the wedding. Naturally Abby, a former attorney goes off on her own with the help of Marco, now a bar owner but once a detective. They have a long list of suspects: some outliers who are part of Abby's family and people from the wedding.

I take these movies for what they are - light entertainment. I mean it's improbable that a former lawyer would open a flower shop, though maybe it's been done, and that next door is an ex-detective who now owns a bar. But I don't dwell on it.

I dwelled instead on Brooke Shields' distracting appearance. Here we have a beautiful actress and model, a famous face, now with nearly black hair, still long but now so straight it looks like it's plastered to her head - she resembles Elvira. I hope she doesn't look this way in other episodes.

What's wrong with her lighter brown, highlighted, full, wavy hair? Why have they done this to such a stunning woman? She goes to a wedding here with her hair slapped into a sloppy bun.

Okay mystery, Shields is a likable presence as always; she has a handsome near-beau in Brennan Elliott, and her father played by Beau Bridges is a plus.