![]() ![]() Starr's jealousy leads her back to the bottle, her makeshift family crumbling apart and Astrid is ejected in a surprising manner.Īn interlude at a state run boarding school further toughens up Astrid. Confused, Astrid listens to mother, and in so doing, unwittingly slides into a seduction of Ray (Cole Hauser, "Hart's War"). Soon Astrid's dressing cheaply and sporting a crucifix, which mama mocks during a prison visit. Ingrid's dragged from her home by police, Astrid's picked up by children's services, then sees her mother sentenced to life in prison - whoa! What happened and how did it happen so fast? (We'll learn in flashbacks, but the transitions are unrealistic and the pre-prison mother-daughter relationship is mostly told via Lohman's clipped narration.)įirst stop is born again, ex-stripper Starr (Robin Wright Penn) who takes in foster kids for the extra income and God points. Brown," in a role that barely allows us to even see his face). ![]() We're given the hint of Ingrid playing hard to get, then capitulating to Barry (Billy Connolly, "Mrs. ![]() We meet Ingrid when her daughter finds her sitting on the edge of a roof, insisting Astrid join her. The major points are made, but one's never given enough time to respond or know the characters to become emotionally involved. Janet Fitch's novel became a phenomenon after it became an Oprah book club choice, but the richly textured, densely characterized novel is given the Cliff Notes treatment by screenwriter Mary Agnes Donoghue ("Beaches"). ![]()
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