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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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06/24/06
Derek Adams
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Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

Its thematic scope stays rather small, and the final third of the movie seems muted and flat.

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04/02/03
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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01/25/03
Michael Szymanski
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A sweet little fable, a bit shy on substance but quite charming in the telling.

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12/23/02
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Oddball charmer about the quirky way certain people are put together just when they need each other most.

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08/27/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Krueger's characters aren't complex enough to sustain a feature film, and her direction is both visually and dramatically listless.

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06/05/02
Joseph McBride
Boxoffice Magazine

An unapologetically small but wholly original movie, warm-hearted but not precious, and possessed of a gently wacky sensibility.

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02/14/01
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Grows on you, largely because of the charm of its youngest cast member, Scarlett Johansson.

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01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

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.

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01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

With its carefully-modulated combination of light comedy and drama, the film casts a gentle spell.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
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It's the kind of story that leaves viewers with a warm glow.

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01/01/00
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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.

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Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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An odd, singular movie full of odd, singular moments.

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Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

An understated movie that, in turns, is funny and heart-breaking and uplifting.

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01/01/00
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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.

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Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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The story settles into a fairly routine feminist fable.

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01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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One of the pleasures of Manny & Lo is the way that it reveals its characters in sudden, unexpected, defining acts.

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01/01/00
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