White Oleander
5,261
Drama
WHITE OLEANDER, the Janet Fitch novel made famous on Oprah's Book Club, is the tale of an intense and toxic mother-daughter relationship, coupled with a look at the fundamentally skewed U.S. foster care system. When the beautiful photographer Ingrid Magnusson (Michelle Pfeiffer) is imprisoned for allegedly murdering a philandering boyfriend, her daughter Astrid (Alison Lohman) does her best to survive a string of foster homes where ... [+]
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United States | Philadelphia Inquirer | "Stronger on character than on story, the film version of Janet Fitch's best-seller is shaped and propelled by the astonishing performance of Alison Lohman" | POS |
United States | Chicago Reader | "Director Peter Kosminsky elicits such genuine performances from his talented cast that the film rarely strikes a false note." | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "The worst mistake is the screenplay, which not only cuts everything into superficial pieces but fails to make authentic moments of anything." | NEG |
United States | New York Magazine | "Tends to settle for easy, homiletic insights. But it also has a collection of first-rate performances by some marvellous actresses" | POS |
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