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Actors: Natalie Portman, Susan Saradon
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Anywhere But Here |
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Adele August (Saradon) wants to leave her small home town and have an adventure in Beverly Hills. She takes her reluctant daughter Ann (Portman) with her. They don't get along. Adele is wild and free, always looking for the best in life. Ann feels like she has to act like the adult seeing as her mother isn't one.
Adele wants Ann to become a movie star but all Ann wants is to run away back to her old town and her best friend, her cousin Benny. But an encounter with a policeman on Christmas night makes Ann realise she can wait until college to escape from her mum.
One day a phone call comes saying that Benny has been in an accident and was killed. Ann finally gets to go back and visit her old town but doesn't enjoy it because Benny is gone.
While Adele starts to accept that she might never find true love, Ann is pursued by a boy at school. At first she ignores him but in a vulnerable moment, they get together and she makes a true friend.
--Laura B, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Anywhere But Here |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- fighting with mother
Age group
- trouble in high school
Sexing?
- guy chasing
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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