White Oleander

this movie is awsome.it's the greatest movie i have ever seen. the story is so realistic and painful. i want to watch this kind of movie in future.... Full review

I choose to be memorable because it really related to me at this movie where I went through same as she went through. But I know how she feel and went from home to home and lost someone or watch someone... Full review

i loved this movie and it is a little slow at first but it picks up and has an amazing ending. i really liked the way in the begining she went forward only to go back.... Full review

There are lots of interesting ideas in 'White Oleander', a film about a girl (Astrid) trying to make her way through California's child support system after her brilliant but overpowering mother is imprisoned. There'as also a fine performance from Michelle Pfeiffer... Full review

This is a great story on how others affect our lifes and how some can be more manipulating than others. it shows how a child can either sink into thier parents ways or break free, while stil loving them. You want... Full review

Based on the same-titled novel by Janet Fitch, White Oleander tells the story of a teenage girl (Alison Lohman) struggling to survive in foster homes while her free-spirited mother (Michelle Phieffer) is in prison for having murdered her lover with the... Full review

White Oleander is a beautiful movie that is based upon a wonderful book. I really did like the movie but I would be lying if I didn’t say that I’ve seen better or that the movie itself could have been better.... Full review

Unlike the title of its name white oleander is not poison, it might be contagious. It's a beautiful story of a mother and daughter who drift apart. The story has a lot of different things happening.... Full review

This movie is my second favorite movie. Michelle Pfeiffer plays the crazy mom in this movie and she is awesome at it. Alison Lohman is so awesome and innocent in this movie i just think she is awesome.... Full review

when i first saw this movie, i fell head over heels in love with it. The main character, astrid (Allison Lohman) was adorible and you could really feel her pain as she goes from one foster home to the next. Michelle... Full review

Pfeiffer and Friend also have excellent onscreen chemistry.....It's the kind of refined, delicate acting Pfeiffer does so well....Especially effective are the wordless scenes that catch Lea unawares, with the camera alone seeing the despair....Of course, Pfeiffer has not literally been gone since her last substantial dramatic role in "White Oleander.... ... Full Review

I rented the dramatic movie in 2003, fell immediately in love with it, and bought the DVD.....teamed up with director Peter Kominsky (Warriors, No Child of Mine) and producer John Wells (ER,Third Watch) to put together an extraordinary cast for this memorable story..... ... Full Review

The credentials are good from the cinematography to Thomas Newmans lovely score, but despite this outstanding cast, White Oleander is a less than satisfying emotional experience, and leaves us wanting. Its powerful performance and Pfeiffer masterfully brings a touch of vulnerability to the selfish, possessive, neurotic and claustrophobic Ingrid. ... Full Review

WHITE OLEANDER: DVD SYNOPSIS: Astrid (Alison Lohman) is just 15 when her beautiful but uncompromising artist mother, Ingrid (Michelle Pfeiffer), shoots her boyfriend (Billy Connolly) and is arrested. The credentials are good from the cinematography to Thomas Newmans lovely score, but despite this outstanding cast, White Oleander is a less than satisfying emotional experience, and leaves us wanting. ... Full Review

Pfeiffer is unnervingly good as the enigmatic, calculating and inflexible Ingrid.... ... Full Review

In Slate magazine, Nate DiMeo looks at the pitfalls of audiobooks . And listens -- a terrific aspect of his piece is that it includes audio clips. ... Full Article

Each of my first readings have been at Dutton's. White Oleander, before it was an Oprah book. Paint It Black at the Beverly Hills store. ... Full Article

Lately, I've been thinking short. Maybe it has something to do with my kicky new 'do. (No, not the one in the picture.) But more likely it's become the mystery genre has been helping to keep alive the short story... ... Full Article

I first saw this movie when I was eleven years old, and while it a very enlightening experience, I was disturbed by it. Now, three years and having since read the book by the same name, I admit that it's... ... Full Article

"Then at the end of the movie they told me it was a male snake.It might be the world's only gay snake." Connolly will have plenty of time to become re-acquainted with Australian wedges and snakes: He's planning a... ... Full Article

If White Oleander had been made by Warner Bros in the 1940s, it would have starred Bette Davis in the Michelle Pfeiffer role - as a woman who murders her faithless lover - and we would have gone to jail... ... Full Article