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  • White Oleander
  • Opened October 11, 2002 | Runtime:1 hr. 49 min.
  • PG-13
    dysfunctional relationships, drug content, language, sexuality and violence
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. Read More
  • White Oleander chronicles the life of Astrid (Alison Lohman), a teenager who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) goes to prison for committing a crime of passion. Set adrift in the world, Astrid struggles Read More
  • Cast: Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright Penn, Renée Zellweger, Billy Connolly
  • Director: Peter Kosminsky
  • Genres: Melodrama, Drama, Coming-of-Age

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  • 80
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    The accumulation of sharp candid flashes adds up to a disturbing vision of Los...

  • 70
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    A lot of White Oleander is heavy sledding of the waa-waa, touchy-feely kind....

  • 70
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Never rising above routine episodic storytelling, White Oleander nonetheless...

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Impressively unflappable and natural, 23-year-old Lohman -- whose best known...

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