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A woman takes her daughter to live in Los Angeles where they find themselves having to rely on each other. Based on the novel by Mona Simpson.
...[Natalie Portman] is smart, funny, luminous and rigorously unsentimental...
...Sumptuously crafted....Crowd pleasing and tear jerking moments...
...Wang keeps a precise balance, necessary to blend a high-octane performance from Sarandon with an understated one from Portman....The film looks ravishing...
...Mr. Wang again works splendidly with actresses....Ms. Portman does a terrific job...
...It's terrific to see such well-matched actresses of opposing generations duke it out in this adaptation of Mona Simpson's best seller...