White Oleander

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PG13,1hr 50min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

October 11, 2002

Distributor:

Warner Bros. Pictures

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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	Stephen Holden, The New York Times The accumulation of sharp candid flashes adds up to a disturbing vision of Los Angeles as a teeming jungle of dysfunction. Read Review Metascore ^® from metacritic.com 61 Generally favorable reviews out of 100 Based on 10 critic reviews

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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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