Adele August
Search results
Nov 12, 1999 · Wayne Wang's "Anywhere But Here" is about a frustrated mother who believes she is rotting away in a small Wisconsin town. She buys a used Mercedes, shoves her teenage daughter inside, and drives them cross-country to Beverly Hills, where she will put her master's degree in early education to work, and her daughter will go to auditions and be ...
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August (Susan Sarandon) is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann ...
- (89)
- Wayne Wang
- PG-13
- Susan Sarandon
Nov 12, 1999 · Based on a novel by Mona Simpson and a screenplay by crisis legend Alvin Sargent (ORDINARY PEOPLE), ANYWHERE is the kind of tragic-comic filmmaking that I usually crave. Unfortunately, ANYWHERE is far from touching. Directed by Wayne Wang, the film isn't nearly as resonate as Wang's earlier multigenerational epic THE JOY LUCK CLUB.
- (19K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Wayne Wang
- 1999-11-12
As a depiction of a loving-turbulent relationship between a single mom (Susan Sarandon) and her rebellious teenage daughter (Natalie Portman), Wang's meller is nicely crafted but old-fashioned ...
What's the Story? Adele (Susan Sarandon), a free-spirited teacher, takes her 14-year-old daughter Ann (Natalie Portman) to Los Angeles in a gold-colored Mercedes. Ann resents her mother for taking her away from everything she knows, and she misses her family and friends in Wisconsin.
- Hart Bochner, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon
- Wayne Wang
- Twentieth Century Fox
Movie Review. In Anywhere But Here, a sullen teenage girl struggles to endure the restless flakiness of her superficial mother, all the while aching for her own independence. It’s an evenly paced relationship movie shaped by two great performances.
Sep 20, 1999 · Centering on the turbulent but loving relationship between a single mother and her rebellious teenage daughter, Wayne Wang's "Anywhere But Here" is a sumptuously crafted but extremely old ...
