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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   7,838 votes
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Director:
Wayne Wang
Writers (WGA):
Mona Simpson (book)
Alvin Sargent (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 November 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
A story of a mother who knows best... and a daughter who knows better.
Plot:
A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A difficult, but great, film. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Susan Sarandon ... Adele August

Natalie Portman ... Ann August

Hart Bochner ... Josh Spritzer
Eileen Ryan ... Lillian

Ray Baker ... Ted
John Diehl ... Jimmy

Shawn Hatosy ... Benny

Bonnie Bedelia ... Carol

Faran Tahir ... Hisham Badir

Shishir Kurup ... Hisham Badir (voice)
Samantha Goldstein ... 4 Year Old Ann
Scott Burkholder ... Man with Mercedes

Yvonna Kopacz Wright ... Assistant Hotel Manager (as Yvonna Kopacz)

Eva Amurri ... Girl on T.V.

Kieren van den Blink ... Girl on T.V.
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sex-related material.
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Ann is auditioning for a movie role, the casting assistant calls for a "Karen Scarborough". Karen Scarborough is the payroll accountant for the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the end of the movie, when saying goodbye at the airport, we can see a mother with her baby at the background who walks out the scene in the middle of the conversation between Adele and Ann. Some seconds later she is again in the same point. It occurs between 1:42 and 1:43 time of the film. more
Quotes:
Ann: Are those initials on your underwear?
Peter: Yeah... My mom has it done. She's an initial freak.
Ann: Take them off and bring them to me.
Peter: I want to kiss you.
Ann: ...Okay.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Oh Christmas Tree more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
A difficult, but great, film., 31 December 2000
9/10
Author: Paul Creeden from Boston,MA,USA

Wayne Wang's direction may be the ingredient which made this film much more impressive to me than "Slums of Beverly Hills", which covers remarkably similar ground. The interplay between Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman is riveting. Real chemistry there. This film succeeded in bringing me inside the dysfunctional life of these two women without dragging me down into depressed frustration. Susan Sarandon's character hammers at all the nerves which a narcissistic parent is capable of touching in an insecure adolescent. She amazingly manages to do this without coming across as floridly insane or intentionally sadistic. And, Natalie Portman deflects each attack on her character's ego with the resigned grace of an intelligent codependent child, untainted by the smug cynicism of the Natasha Lyonne character in "Slums of Beverly Hills". Portman's character is an adolescent with dignity under stress, an unusual creature in modern films. The film reaches a very satisfying resolution without trying too hard. I highly recommend this film to the viewer who wants to be challenged and entertained.

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