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Manny & Lo (1996)
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Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 13
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Runaway teenage sisters Manny and Lo have escaped from numerous foster homes, and are accustomed to living on the road. The sisters' lives take a bizarre turn when they kidnap a very strange woman... Runaway teenage sisters Manny and Lo have escaped from numerous foster homes, and are accustomed to living on the road. The sisters' lives take a bizarre turn when they kidnap a very strange woman named Elaine, and shack up at an abandoned house in the woods. But when Lo makes a shocking revelation, it actually serves to bond Elaine with her young captors, and the three form a makeshift family. However, many surprises await this trio, and their unity may be the only thing they can count on... [More]
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, Mary Kay Place
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, Mary Kay Place
Director: Lisa Krueger
Director: Lisa Krueger
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Reviews for Manny & Lo
Its thematic scope stays rather small, and the final third of the movie seems muted and flat.
A sweet little fable, a bit shy on substance but quite charming in the telling.
Oddball charmer about the quirky way certain people are put together just when they need each other most.
Krueger's characters aren't complex enough to sustain a feature film, and her direction is both visually and dramatically listless.
An unapologetically small but wholly original movie, warm-hearted but not precious, and possessed of a gently wacky sensibility.
Grows on you, largely because of the charm of its youngest cast member, Scarlett Johansson.
Yes, it's a movie about life cycles. But it's also quirky enough that it avoids getting bogged down in a predictable reaffirmation of the nuclear family.
With its carefully-modulated combination of light comedy and drama, the film casts a gentle spell.
It is a slight enterprise, not always expert in its construction, but it is sweet without being cloying, and it is sentimental in beneficial ways.
An understated movie that, in turns, is funny and heart-breaking and uplifting.
Though employing no surreal devices and remaining within a realistic convention, Krueger takes the story of two young sisters on their own and somehow makes it seem unreal, strange, outside time.
One of the pleasures of Manny & Lo is the way that it reveals its characters in sudden, unexpected, defining acts.
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