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A story of a mother who knows best... and a daughter who knows better.
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.Read moreLess
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.
The story
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.
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Susan SarandonAdele August
Natalie PortmanAnn August
Hart BochnerJosh Spritzer
Eileen RyanLillian
Ray BakerTed
John DiehlJimmy
Shawn HatosyBenny
Bonnie BedeliaCarol
Faran TahirHisham Badir
Shishir KurupHisham Badir (voice)
Elisabeth MossRachel
John Carroll LynchJack IrwinExplore the crew
- Writer
- Alvin Sargent
- Director
- Wayne Wang
- Director of Photography
- Roger Deakins
- Writer
- Mona Simpson
- Screenplay
- Alvin Sargent
- Original Music Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Editor
- Nicholas C. Smith
- Producer
- Laurence Mark