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White Oleander

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PG13,1hr 50min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

October 11, 2002

Director:

Peter Kosminsky

Distributor:

Warner Bros

Starring:

Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright Penn ...more

Synopsis: The Oprah Book Club best-seller by Janet Fitch makes it to the big screen in this adaptation from British director Peter Kosminsky. White Oleander recounts the traumatic adolescence of Astrid Magnusson (Alison Lohman), who finds herself an orphan after her short-fused, enigmatic artist mother Ingrid (Michelle Pfeiffer) is carted off to prison on murder charges. Astrid first finds herself in the care of Starr (Robin Wright Penn), a garish, born-again mother of two with a gruff but sensitive boyfriend ... Full Synopsis

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	Michael Hastings : Adapting Janet Fitch's florid, overwrought, Oprah-endorsed melodrama to the big screen poses a challenge to any director: Stay true to the source novel and make a laughable, pretentious soap opera, or break away from the book and its legions of fans and make a low-key, introspective character study. The result lies somewhere in-between, as British director Peter Kosminsky manages to do away with most ... Full Review

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	Alison Lohman Astrid Magnussen Michelle Pfeiffer Ingrid Magnussen Robin Wright Penn Starr, Starr Thomas Renée Zellweger Claire Richards

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