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White Oleander
The movie chronicles the life of Astrid, a 15-year-old teen who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother is sent to prison for life for committing a crime of passion.
27 October 1982, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
22 March 1975, Santa Barbara, California, USA
6 August 1959, Florida, USA
October 15, 1969 in Adrian, Michigan, USA
27 March 1967, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 July 1960, Patchogue, Long Island, New York, USA
August 29, 2003
An emotionally powerful story with some electrifying performances.
October 11, 2002
What should have been a guaranteed weepie is never truly moving.
October 11, 2002
A movie that wafts in and out of clarity like a wavering transmission.
December 01, 2003
The daughter's story is often haunting, but Peter Kosminsky's film . . . comes unglued because the mother is the stock psychotic villainess of countless Hollywood films.
December 30, 2008
Distinguishing it from Oxygen channel territory is its surprisingly hard edge.
April 29, 2009
A truly involving, well-written and entertaining film supported by excellent performances...
October 14, 2002
The film is worth seeing for its honest heart and for the magnificent acting.
June 25, 2004
Lohman appears in nearly every scene and gives an assured, sympathetic performance as Astrid.
October 11, 2002
Though it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further Oprahfication of the world as we know it, it still cuts all the way down to broken bone.
October 11, 2002
Much of the pleasure to be had in White Oleander is in watching its female stars revel in their screen time.
October 19, 2002
A smart, compelling drama.
December 29, 2010
Upsetting and dark, for older than PG-13.