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Manny & Lo

  • 19961996
  • RR
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
26,775
1,311
Manny & Lo (1996)
Official Trailer
Play trailer2:27
2 Videos
13 Photos
ComedyDrama
A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
26,775
1,311
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Lisa Krueger
    • Writer
      • Lisa Krueger
    • Stars
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Aleksa Palladino
      • Mary Kay Place
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Lisa Krueger
    • Writer
      • Lisa Krueger
    • Stars
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Aleksa Palladino
      • Mary Kay Place
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

    Videos2

    Manny & Lo
    Trailer 2:27
    Manny & Lo
    Manny & Lo
    Trailer 2:30
    Manny & Lo

    Photos13

    Lisa Krueger in Manny & Lo (1996)
    Scarlett Johansson and Aleksa Palladino in Manny & Lo (1996)
    Scarlett Johansson in Manny & Lo (1996)
    Scarlett Johansson and Aleksa Palladino in Manny & Lo (1996)
    Scarlett Johansson and Aleksa Palladino in Manny & Lo (1996)
    Mary Kay Place, Scarlett Johansson, and Aleksa Palladino in Manny & Lo (1996)
    Scarlett Johansson and Aleksa Palladino in Manny & Lo (1996)
    Scarlett Johansson at an event for Manny & Lo (1996)
    Manny & Lo (1996)
    Manny & Lo (1996)
    Manny & Lo (1996)
    Manny & Lo (1996)

    Top cast

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    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Amanda
    Aleksa Palladino
    Aleksa Palladino
    • Laurel
    Mary Kay Place
    Mary Kay Place
    • Elaine
    Dean Silvers
    Dean Silvers
    • Suburban Family
    Marlen Hecht
    • Suburban Family
    Forrest Silvers
    Forrest Silvers
    • Suburban Family
    Tyler Silvers
    Tyler Silvers
    • Suburban Family
    Lisa Campion
    • Convenience Store Clerk
    Glenn Fitzgerald
    Glenn Fitzgerald
    • Joey
    Novella Nelson
    Novella Nelson
    • Georgine
    Susan Decker
    • Baby Store Customer #1
    Marla Zuk
    • Baby Store Customer #2
    Bonnie Johnson
    • Baby Store Customer #3
    Melissa Johnson
    • Child
    Angie Phillips
    • Connie
    Cameron Boyd
    Cameron Boyd
    • Chuck
    Monica Smith
    • Chuck's Mom
    Melanie Sloan
    • Golf Course Family
    • (as Melanie Johansson)
    • Director
      • Lisa Krueger
    • Writer
      • Lisa Krueger
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The family that Manny and Lo are watching at the golf course are Scarlett Johansson's parents, brother, and sister.
    • Quotes

      Amanda: [in introduction to movie] "Did you ever dream about someone, before you saw them in life? Sorta like you made them up, but you didn't. It really happens, things like that. Strange amazing things like that. I swear they happen all the time."

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: A Time to Kill/Manny & Lo/Kingpin/Joe's Apartment/The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Lady Marmelade
      Written by Kenny Nolan and Bob Crewe

      Performed by LaBelle

      Published by Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI)

      Tannyboy Music Co. (BMI) and Kenny Nolan Publishing

      (ASCAP), all administered by Jobete Music Co., Inc.

      (ASCAP) Courtesy of Epic Records

      (By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing)

    User reviews15

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Lovely, focused drama - a real delight
    I had a hunch that I wanted to revisit this film. On my first watch, I found Manny & Lo to be a moody little film, that weightlessly flew over me. But I think I missed some of its heft, because this subdued drama has more teeth and claws than I remember. Little, fun details are littered throughout the film, a clear display of Krueger's creative vision. Some might criticize the movie for having little entertainment value, but I disagree - you might not be paying attention. Or you might actually not like it, of course.

    The premise is uncommon and maybe even odd, but easy to grasp; sisters Amanda and Laurel, more commonly known as Manny & Lo, are in their teens and have run from ther respective foster homes. They live a life on the road, roaming New Jersey, passing the nights in parks, on lawns, in model homes or whatever is most suited and readily available, coming by by stealing from the grocery stores, the older sister, Laurel, performing certain favours for boys in exchange for money, and fueling their station wagon with the use of a hose and other cars; in short, they're little rascals. But Manny is the first to notice something that will be a bump in their careless demeanours, litterally: Lo is pregnant, and she's far beyond the option of abortion. So, what else to do than to break into a huge country mansion, abduct a poor woman who works at a baby shop and keep her hostage there?

    The leading trio is just terrific. I think Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino and Mary Kay Place as Manny, Lo and Elaine (the latter being the abducted "nurse") have a tough job together to keep this character drama afloat. I believe they succeeded. The then eleven-year old Scarlett gets to do the voice-over, and the movie is always from her perspective. But from the first few moments of the movie, when you hear that voice-over musing about made-up people that turn out to be real, I was already checked in. Even back then she had her signature scrappy voice (albeit younger, and less voluminous), and it is used to its fullest extent. Watching her childish expressions is simply delightful. I think she does a finer acting job in this movie than her foul-mouthed counterpart Lo. However, Aleksa still manages to convince the upset with the world; her character is volatile and holds that sense of unpredictability well. Lo might be the older of the two, Manny is certainly a lot more rational. This is proven in many scenes between Manny and Elaine, played wonderfully by Mary Kay Place. She has a strange character to handle, but who is essentially the third wheel that gets them rolling. As Elaine explains, the character has a "cluttered" past, and without ever exactly knowing what that entails Place plays it so that we don't have to know and understand anyway that Elaine has had suffering.

    It is all underlined by an amazing soundtrack, quite clearly one of the aspects that flew over unnoticed by me the first time around. Composed by John Lurie, who has provided music for multiple of Jim Jarmusch' features, it is often simple, laid-back, perfect for the accompanying moments, but it also broadens at points, using a wider range of instruments to create a more eclectic sound. I was impressed by how much I loved the soundtrack.

    For a comedy, though, there are suprisingly little laughs, which is not necessarily a bad thing because genres should never dictate the contents of a movie alone. But if the dialogue had been more sharply written, it might have gotten more out of me. Still, I laughed a couple of times, and I can't even start to count how many smiles it gave me. Less laughs than there ought to be, and despite its short runtime it is not always aptly paced, but those are little complaints.

    To sum it up, I am happily impressed by the love and care that has been put into it. There is lots to read into - morals, parenthood, childhood, it may even contain life lessons for those willing to get that out of it, but I think it works because it never forgets that its essence lays in the three characters and their dynamic together, which is well-done. Not perfect, but a lovely movie anyhow.
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    • casperfidelio
    • May 21, 2020

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 26, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Воришки
    • Filming locations
      • Wall Stadium, Wall, New Jersey, USA
    • Production company
      • Pope Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $502,313
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $18,665
      • Jul 28, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $502,313
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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