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06/24/06
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... [More]
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, Mary Kay Place
Director: Lisa Krueger
Reviews for Manny & Lo
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11/15/08
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08/04/05
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05/20/03
Its thematic scope stays rather small, and the final third of the movie seems muted and flat.
04/02/03
No review available.
01/25/03
A sweet little fable, a bit shy on substance but quite charming in the telling.
12/23/02
Oddball charmer about the quirky way certain people are put together just when they need each other most.
08/27/02
Krueger's characters aren't complex enough to sustain a feature film, and her direction is both visually and dramatically listless.
06/05/02
An unapologetically small but wholly original movie, warm-hearted but not precious, and possessed of a gently wacky sensibility.
02/14/01
Top CriticGrows on you, largely because of the charm of its youngest cast member, Scarlett Johansson.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
With its carefully-modulated combination of light comedy and drama, the film casts a gentle spell.
01/01/00
It's the kind of story that leaves viewers with a warm glow.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt is a slight enterprise, not always expert in its construction, but it is sweet without being cloying, and it is sentimental in beneficial ways.
01/01/00
An odd, singular movie full of odd, singular moments.
01/01/00
An understated movie that, in turns, is funny and heart-breaking and uplifting.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
The story settles into a fairly routine feminist fable.
01/01/00
One of the pleasures of Manny & Lo is the way that it reveals its characters in sudden, unexpected, defining acts.
01/01/00
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