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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790772141
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790772140
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 11, 2003
Running Time: 109 minutes
Sales Rank: 15113
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 2002
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
White Oleander chronicles the life of Astrid (Alison Lohman) a young teenager who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) goes to prison for committing a crime of passion. Set adrift in the world Astrid struggles to become her own person while coming to terms with the challenges of living life on her own.Running Time: 110 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 085392329724
Amazon.com:
Fine performances and sensitive direction keep White Oleander from being a routine tearjerker. Adapted from Janet Fitch's bestseller (an Oprah's Book Club selection), this hard-edged drama boasts a reputable cast, but 23-year-old newcomer Alison Lohman steals the film from her A-list costars. As a troubled teen whose controlling mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) has been jailed for murder, Lohman is the film's heart and soul, bouncing between foster homes and rushing toward independence in a world of disappointing adults. After surviving episodic stints with a trashy born-again Christian (Robin Wright Penn), a suicidal housewife (Renée Zellweger), and a Russian immigrant (Zvetlana Efremova), she finds comfort with another outcast (Patrick Fugit), leaving behind the mothers who failed her. Making his feature directorial debut, British stage and TV veteran Peter Kosminsky creates a showcase for formidable actresses, each given moments to shine. White Oleander lacks the emotional depth of Fitch's novel, but it speaks volumes about the delicate balance of freedom and responsibility. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Quick ship - Perfect Condition
I loved this movie. Michelle Pfeiffer's character was so creepy, and she WAS her character. Especially her eyes - from the long stares to the furtive glances. Even her supposed redemption was negated by her eyes - glance, stare, meaning behind the act. The story was heart-rending, and the movie is NOT for those looking for action and Rambo. This is just a well-acted and directed movie with a very real story and happy ending.
Rating: - Mothers seen as protective vultures
A girl born without a father and raised by a mother who is a real Machiavelli of love, has one day to face her own life through hell when her mother is sent to prison for the murder of her boy friend because he had to let her go on their last meeting because he had a date, which she of course could not accept. The girl knows all the horror there can be in the kind of institution she finds herself sent to or in the foster homes she ends up in. She is nothing but a substitute for something the foster ... Read More
Rating: - Amazing performances!!
Listen guys...do not get put off by the fact this movie appears on the surface to be a 'chick flick'. Yes, the storyline is all about 'mothers and daughters' and yes, much of the dynamics of those kinds of relationships will escape even the more sensitive of my gender, but wait. This movie also contains three of the most outstanding performances by three talented women I have ever witnessed. Relative newcomer Alison Lohman does her 'trademark thang' (in case you haven't seen Matchstick Men or Where ... Read More
Rating: - Terrific, Captivating Film
This movie is absolutely beautiful. I've never read the book, so I can't say how they compare. The acting is raw and perfect. Alison Lohman takes her character through drastic transitions ever so smoothly. The story moves very quickly, while still delivering continuity.
I've seen this movie just about 10 times already, and I'm still not sick of it. I rented it years ago out of curiosity, and was instantly engrossed by it. It is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time.
Rating: - White Oleander
I was required to read this book while working toward my MSW in Vermont. The story stayed with me. Anyone who enjoys a movie that deals with relationship development would want to see this movie. The acting brings the story to life in a realistic way. Watch it when you are not needing a comedy.
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