Synopsis
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.
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Cast
- Susan SarandonAdele August
- Natalie PortmanAnn August
- Hart BochnerJosh Spritzer
- Eileen RyanLillian
- Ray BakerTed
- John DiehlJimmy
- Shawn HatosyBenny
- Bonnie BedeliaCarol
- Faran TahirHisham Badir
- Shishir KurupHisham Badir (voice)
Recommendations
- 91
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Susan Sarandon has never been more outrageously appealing. Natalie Portman is simply exquisite. - 88
San Francisco Examiner
A monumentally graceful union of two extremely dissimilar stars, one inspired cinematographer and an exceptionally patient, curious, independent-minded director. - 88
Chicago Tribune
These are real characters, fully observed, gutsily written, beautifully acted by the two leads. - 75
Baltimore Sun
A quietly resonant movie about the painful alliance between single mothers and their daughters, and the complicated drama of separation. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Corny and blubbery as it is, still packs an emotional wallop. - 63
USA Today
It's terrific to see such well-matched actresses of opposing generations duke it out. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
What's missing from this by-the-numbers drama is a sense of abandon. - 50
Chicago Reader
Poor execution sometimes points up the difference between the telling of a story and the story itself--in this case, without diminishing the power of the latter.
