| White Oleander Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Warner Bros.
Directed by: Peter Kosminsky
Written by: Janet Fitch (Novel), Mary Agnes Donoghue
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn, Renee
Zellwegger, Patrick Fugit
Screened at:...more |
| White Oleander Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| Based on Janet Fitch's novel, White Oleander is the story of Astrid's
relationship with her mother, and with several mother substitutes she
is stuck with in the foster care system after her mother's
imprisonment. For fans of the book, the movie is a...more |
| White Oleander Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| WHITE OLEANDER (2002) 3 stars out of 4. Starring Alison Lohman, Robin
Wright Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renee Zellweger, Billy Connolly, Patrick
Fugit, Cole Hauser, Noah Wyle and Svetlana Efremova. Music by Thomas
Newman. Screenplay by Mary Agnes Donoghue....more |
| White Oleander Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| White Oleander is the latest screen adaptation of a novel anointed by
Oprah's Book Club. Since Oprah's favorite books are generally ignored en
masse once they hit the multiplex, I'm not sure why Hollywood continues to
crank them out. Oleander isn't...more |
| White Oleander Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Beautiful, cold, artistic Ingrid Magnussen (Michelle Pfeiffer) is not a woman to
be taken lightly. When her boyfriend jilts her for another woman she sees no
problem with murdering him. But, her decision to commit mayhem gets her 35 years
to life and her...more |
| White Oleander Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| At the age of 15, Astrid (Alison Lohman) is thrust from the safety of
her single mother's shadow to find herself as she tries on the substitute
mothers of foster care. Astrid also learns a hard lesson - that the woman
she felt safe with, Ingrid...more |
| White Oleander Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| WHITE OLEANDER doesn't have any characters. Instead of characters with dialog,
it has a bunch of very talented actors delivering speeches to each other. The
sort of things that they say -- "Loneliness is the human condition." and "Love
humiliates you....more |
