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| | TheMovieBoy Review: Anywhere But Here (1999) |
 | | Cast: Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Shawn Hatosy, Corbin Allred, Hart Bochner, Thora Birch, Heather McComb, Ashley Johnson, Heather DeLoach, Elisabeth Moss, Bonnie Bedelia, John Diehl, Caroline Aaron, Eileen Ryan, Paul Guilfoyle, Ray Baker, Megan Mullally, Bob Sattler. |
 | | The richly textured, multi-layered screenplay, by Academy Award winner Alvin Sargent (1980's "Ordinary People"), is too assured to aim for simple melodrama, and the performances by Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon are just about as remarkable as two performances could possibly be. |
 | | Instead, our first scene with Ann and her new friends, set in gym class as they are running around a track, captures the exact nuances and conversations that occur between teenagers in such a situation. |
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