Alison Lohman, Billy Connolly, Cole Hauser
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
DVD Release Date: March 11, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (2,404)
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November 16, 2009Alison Lohman is pretty fantastic and I've really enjoyed her in everything I've seen of hers whether or not I enjoyed the movie as a whole. This movie was pretty heartbreaking and Michelle Pfeiffer was really creepy.
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June 24, 2009Beautiful film, a little let down by the way it ended but Still a goood movie.
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May 5, 2009"You look at me, and you don't like what you see. But this is the price, Mother - the price of belonging to you."
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Adapted from the Oprah-certified novel by Janet Fitch (unread by me), White Oleander is an emotional story of mother and daughter suffering tormen -
April 17, 2009mostly unimpressive, except for the large amount of and well known cast. you do get to see the back of billy connollys head for about 20 seconds!
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November 3, 2009The story was good, but it doesn't have to be visualized as a movie. The characters had so much stuff to speak, which can cover the whole story of the movie. There is little impact from the vision.
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October 30, 2009Alison Lohman is an underrated actress...She does a great job as a trouble teen bouncing around different foster parents....Good story
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October 24, 2009a wonderful film,about a girl...her mother's arrest changed her life forever...
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October 19, 2009Disappointing, so disappointing. This movie had potential. A great cast here, but it is flat and awkwardly acted, edited, and written. Instead of being a touching or interesting drama, it's full of a series of dysfunctional relationships that don't seem convincing, an annoying ov...( read more)
Critic Reviews
October 11, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
October 11, 2002
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
This is a third-person story now, told by Hollywood, and much more ordinary for it. full review
October 11, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The film takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes, Southern California locations and star power. full review
October 11, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
At its best it offers pleasures similar to those of 1940s women's melodramas. full review
October 10, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The estrogen overload damn near did me in. full review
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February 23, 2008Amazing movie! Whoever loved this movie, you should definitely read the book, its a thousand times better!
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January 4, 2008I agree.This movie is really powerful and shows a great insite in how influencial your mother or father can be through out your life.This is one of the greatest movies i have ever seen and i reccomend it to anyone.
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