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	White Oleander
		White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Astrid, a girl whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes - each its own universe with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned - becomes a redeeming journey of self-discovery.
		White Oleander is essentially a film about relationships, more specifically the relationships that Astrid encounters while she is in her late teens.
		White oleander is a beautiful flower that protects itself by making its own poison - an analogy to Ingrid's perception of her life.
	www.girl.com.au /white_orleander_review.htm (622 words)

	The Books: White Oleander by Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison.
		White Oleander is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances.
		White Oleander is an unforgettable story of mothers and daughters, burgeoning sexuality, the redemptive powers of art, and the unstoppable force of the emergent self.
	www.twbookmark.com /books/74/0316284955 (207 words)

	White Oleander Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Oleander is one of the most poisonous landscape plants and contains numerous toxic compounds, many of which can be deadly to humans in even small quantities.
		Oleander is deadly to horses as well as humans, with as little as 4 ounces being enough to kill an adult.
		Their debut was ''Oleander'', an EP released on Fine Records in 1996; it was followed by ''Shrinking the Blob'' (1997).
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/208/white-oleander-notes.html (813 words)

	White Oleander Review :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Based on the novel of the same name by Janet Fitch, White Oleander does its best to capture the essence of the story about a young girl who's sent to a series of foster homes after her eccentric mother is imprisoned for a crime of passion.
		White Oleander focuses on teen beauty Astrid Magnusson (Alison Lohman) and her equally beautiful mother Ingrid (Michelle Pfeiffer), an accomplished--if self-centered and manipulative--artist who tends to drag her daughter, a budding artist in her own right, into her own neuroses.
	www.hollywood.com /movies/reviews/movie/1630377 (691 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: White Oleander (Widescreen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		White Oleander chronicles the life of Astrid (Alison Lohman), a young teenager who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
		White Oleander was a relatively good adaptation from the wonderful novel by Janet Fitch.
		White Oleander is about Astrid's (Lohman) journey from foster home to foster home and the relationships she makes along the way.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000087F7E (1080 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "White Oleander"
		If anyone tries to tell you that "White Oleander," the movie adaptation of Janet Fitch's highly successful first novel, is a moving story about growth, redemption and self-discovery, don't buy it -- no picture as entertaining as this one deserves to be saddled with those Oprahville catchphrases.
		In "White Oleander," it's a sensible but troubled young girl named Astrid (Alison Lohman) who's suffering these trials and tribulations, which include a crazed, jealous foster mom with a gun, and a real mom who's more dangerous even without a gun.
		In "White Oleander," it's almost all women who, some knowingly and others not, are out to trip Astrid up during the roughest years of her life.
	salon.com /ent/movies/review/2002/10/11/white_oleander?CP=IMD&DN=110 (768 words)

	Filmtracks: White Oleander (Thomas Newman)
		White Oleander: (Thomas Newman) When Janet Fitch's best-selling novel became one of Oprah's Book Club selections, you had the feeling that the sharp, troubled drama would make its way onto the big screen.
		The tale of a troubled teen whose single mother is jailed, White Oleander is a foster child's nightmare.
		As a project, White Oleander is a perfect match for Newman, who is known for scoring heavy, female-driven dramas in a range from Little Women to Erin Brockovich.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/white_oleander.html?page=print (727 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "White Oleander" review (2002) Michelle Pfeiffer, Alison Lohman, Peter Kosminsky
		But Warner Bros. dollars and a dedicated pedigree cast make all the difference in bringing to the screen this earnest (if not profound) saga of a tender teenage girl's roller-coaster ride through foster care after her bourgeois artiste mother is imprisoned for poisoning an errant lover.
		But "White Oleander" has abruptly heart-aching happenstance up its sleeves as well, especially as Astrid's mother becomes inimical and manipulative in the name of tough love.
		Even with all the talent surrounding her, it is Lohman who drives "White Oleander" with her affecting ability to play the entire range of this girl's rough emotional journey.
	www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/whiteoleander.html (627 words)

	Modamag.com \| White Oleander (Movie Review)
		Gripping, fascinating, and superbly acted, “White Oleander” just might be the best recent film that will make you want to kill yourself after viewing.
		Her Astrid isn’t some foster care clichй, complete with chip firmly planted on shoulder and pregnant belly, but a defined character who has seen so much horror in her life, and suffered such great losses, that her trust in those around has been obliterated.
		“White Oleander” is a bitter pill, and though it doesn’t have the fluid nature it deserves, the story’s power is still enough to provide engrossing drama, and the acting is not to be missed.
	www.modamag.com /whiteoleander.htm (547 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: White Oleander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		White Oleander is the first and only book I have read from Oprah's celebrated book club.
		My copy of White Oleander is beginning to show wear from the numerous friends I have lent it to.
		While their stories may begin and end differently White Oleander by Janet Fitch is the story of many American children.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0316569321 (1295 words)

	calendarlive.com: 'White Oleander'
		This despite the fact that "White Oleander" has done many things right in its adaptation, starting with the casting of Pfeiffer, who gives a riveting, impeccable performance in what is literally and figuratively a killer role.
		But even as one admires "White Oleander's" avoidance of the crasser side of melodrama, the equally powerful sense that something critical is missing refuses to go away.
		But even though "White Oleander" (named for a plant that is both poisonous and beautiful) is not always compelling, it's a tribute to the strength of the book's conception and the good work that's gone into it that it retains the power to haunt us.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-et-white11oct11,0,4332317.story (796 words)

	OnWisconsin Live Movies: White Oleander
		In "White Oleander," a girl blossoms into who she is destined to become despite and because of the sins of a domineering mother.
		The mother is in prison for murder, but her true sin is being emotionally and physically unavailable to her daughter as the girl comes of age.
		"White Oleander" is adapted from the novel by Janet Fitch, which gained popularity when Oprah Winfrey selected it for her book club in 1999 and faces the jinx of the previous Oprah book turned to film, "The Deep End of the Ocean." Curiously, both star Michelle Pfeiffer and deal with parent-child relationships.
	www.onwisconsin.com /movies/movie.asp?id=637 (668 words)

	White Oleander
		At the age of 15, Astrid (Alison Lohman) is thrust from the safety of her single mother's shadow to find herself as she tries on the substitute mothers of foster care.
		"White Oleander" is a solid adaptation of terrific novel, but it doesn't get to a deep enough end of its ocean of pain.
		Janet Fitch's novel, on which the film is based, is an epic coming-of-age story that follows Astrid, after her mother's arrest and conviction, as she is shuffled from one foster home or institution to the next.
	www.reelingreviews.com /whiteoleander.htm (1378 words)

	FlickVille.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		So it was with great fear and trepidation that I found myself waiting for "White Oleander" (new in theaters, Oct. 11) to start the other night.
		"White Oleander" had good buzz, and I was there to experience a film I had heard was one of the year's most promising Oscar hopefuls.
		"White Oleander" is far from a "chick flick." Yes, the cast is almost all female.
	www.flickville.com /reviews/whiteoleander.html (1175 words)

	White Oleander
		White Oleander, based on the novel by Janet Fitch, details the hellish experiences of Astrid Magnussen as she moves from foster home to foster home after the incarceration of her mother.
		At its heart, White Oleander is a struggle for dominance between two people, Astrid and her mother Ingrid (Pfeiffer, I Am Sam, What Lies Beneath).
		Lohman is the one who carries the weight of White Oleander, and for a beginner, she does an exceptionally good job.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/white_oleander.html (474 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: White Oleander
		White Oleander is one girl's dramatic coming-of-age story -- emphasis on the word "dramatic." A bright teen bounces around some dreadful foster homes, gets street-tough while in a facility for abandoned kids, and witnesses more tragedy in three years than any person should see in a lifetime.
		The novel White Oleander was a 1999 selection of the ubiquitous Oprah Winfrey Book Club and you can tell why: There are so many brutally dysfunctional people in the story that Dr. Phil could produce months of television delving into their sorry lives.
		You can turn Oleander into your very own home movie of course on DVD, which adds a few strung together deleted scenes and a typical "I really loved this book and this is how the project came about" Hollywood commentary track to the mix.
	filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/2a460f93626cd4678625624c007f2b46/b428ad3d051a6be488256c30000b2785?OpenDocument (817 words)

	Powell's Books - White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) by Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		White Oleander traces the next six years of Astrid's life as she travels from foster family to foster family, experiencing grief, abuse, sexual awakening, and, occasionally, a glimmer of love.
		White Oleander swirls with color and poetic language that capture emotions, images, and experiences simply and elegantly.
		White Oleander is a siren song of a novel, seducing the reader with its story, language, and, perhaps most of all, with its utterly believable (and remarkably diverse!) characters.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0316284955-0 (636 words)

	REELINSIDER.COM - WHITE OLEANDER
		The story follows the life of a young girl, Astrid, as she maneuvers through the oftentimes-heartbreaking world of the foster care system after her mother is incarcerated for murder.
		Once this happens a bridge is crossed and Ingrid is finally able to demonstrate the true love for her daughter that she only thought she was giving before.
		"White Oleander" is not a perfect film by any means yet it manages to hold our attention with a cast interesting characters and a script that is memorable, if not always realistic.
	www.reelinsider.com /whiteoleander.html (338 words)

	WHITE OLEANDER
		White Oleander is the latest screen adaptation of a novel anointed by Oprah's Book Club.
		Oleander isn't something I'd strongly recommend to anyone, but by comparison, it seems like an awardworthy epic next to a movie like Where the Heart Is.
		Oleander is directed by Peter Kosminsky, who, in addition to helming a lot of British documentaries, made a great version of Wuthering Heights with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche in 1992.
	www.sick-boy.com /whiteoleander.htm (644 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: White Oleander
		I have read the novel "White Oleander", and the film is basically dead-on with the book, but I never found the book to be that fantastic.
		The most tragic aspect of "White Oleander" is that the performances are so good, just buried behind a lousy screenplay and piss-poor direction.
		"White Oleander" should be avoided in theatres, but caught on video just to see if it matches up to those Lifetime TV movies.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/whiteoleander.html (542 words)

	WHITE OLEANDER (PG-13): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR22109
		White Oleander is as poisonous to the understanding of righteous reality as the White Oleander is to humans.
		This subplot in White Oleander is cynematic cyanide to the perception of the Christian.
		In addition to that which is discussed so far, White Oleander brings at least 18 uses of the three/four letter word vocabulary with a teen speaking one of them [Col.
	www.capalert.com /capreports/whiteoleander.htm (3042 words)

	Film Blather: White Oleander
		There are times when White Oleander manages to defy expectations: I was absolutely positive that one of the men would turn out to be a sexual abuser, but was proven wrong both times.
		I was impressed, too, by the distinct anti-religious sentiment expressed by Ingrid early in the film, and though Astrid eventually becomes independent of her mother, this is one of the first movies I've seen where an atheist character is treated fondly.
		White Oleander is the essence a "chick flick," often resembling a particularly treacly Oprah Book-of-the-Month selection, but individual scenes work, and the movie is never boring.
	www.ultimate-movie.com /whiteoleander.html (765 words)

	Salon Books \| "White Oleander" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		In Janet Fitch's first novel, "White Oleander, " Astrid Magnussen, a pliant 11-year-old, loses Ingrid, her mother -- an arrogant feminist poet from Los Angeles -- when the woman gets thrown in prison for poisoning her ex-boyfriend.
		At the center of "White Oleander" is Astrid's ever-evolving relationship with Ingrid, pursued, for the most part, through the mail.
		"White Oleander" has the feel of a book written over years in a workshop setting: Though the story doesn't quite add up -- though it remains linear and rather simple-minded -- you can appreciate the author's hard work and determination and the love of the community of women she weaves through the sentences.
	www.salon.com /books/review/1999/05/11/fitch (476 words)

	Review: White Oleander
		But I soon came to realize that this small change represented the difference between the two versions of White Oleander.
		By the end of the book, she is ready to let go of her mother and forge her own path in life.
		White Oleander is a hauntingly beautiful, yet disturbing story.
	www.geocities.com /segacs2/html/review21.html (819 words)

	White Oleander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the 2002 film based on this novel, see White Oleander (2002 movie).
		White Oleander by Janet Fitch is a coming-of-age story about a child (Astrid) in foster care dealing with her separation from her mother.
		The book was a selection by Oprah's Book Club.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_Oleander (71 words)

	White Oleander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		White oleander is a poisonous flower (we learn in one of many unforgivably scripted moments of wispy narration), and the film of that same name is a broad, melodramatic estrogen opera that's pretty toxic in its own right.
		For as much as White Oleander preaches a message of choosing one's own path, it seems uncomfortably dedicated to providing for Astrid a string of one-dimensional types to carve out Astrid's path for her.
		White Oleander is a medieval morality play recast with a Darwin chart of the modern damaged woman (Springer veteran to broken diva to childless entrepreneur to martyred Steinem feminist)--and at the centre stands Lohman, sweet and unaffected, in search of a movie worthy of her performance.
	filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/whiteoleander.htm (455 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: White Oleander: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		As Astrid bumps from trailer park to tract house to Hollywood bungalow, White Oleander uncoils her existential anxieties.
		White Oleander is a passionate, hypnotic and dangerous novel, exploring un-spoken themes of today's tangled world.
		In short, I think “White Oleander” is an original and wonderful piece of modern literature.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1860498043 (1439 words)

	Movie Photos: White Oleander
		Michelle Pfeiffer and Alison Lohman in White Oleander - 2002
		Patrick Fugit and Alison Lohman in White Oleander - 2002
		Noah Wyle and Renee Zellweger in White Oleander - 2002
	www.allmoviephoto.com /photo/2002_White_Oleander_photo.html (488 words)

	White Oleander
		I often wondered what her life was like before she "came to us" and after she went back to her mother and why her mother couldn't take care of her in the first place.
		"White Oleander" fills in some blanks for me. That's not to say that Astrid (Allison Lohman), the film's foster child, was like my foster sister...
		Raised by a dangerous, beautiful artist mother (Pfeiffer) who is promptly incarcerated for murder, Astrid spends the rest of the movie moving from home to home.
	www.rossanthony.com /W/whiteole.shtml (539 words)

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