I love the book so much and this movie did a fine job, I believe. I'm just disappointed Olivia wasn't included in the movie. She was, to me, the most profound character in the novel. It would have been interesting to see how she would be portrayed
But I feel I must point out a reason I think they decided to omit Amelia, Olivia, and Marvel in the movie. It was the symbolism of all the blondes--I think. Starr and Claire (who was brunette) in the book were very central to Astrid. Just like her mother, also a blonde. WHITE Oleanders. Just my take.
I swear, one of my class professors looks just like Rena. Which is kind of a funny coincidence since I'm doing a paper on theories of domestic violence within this movie as an assignment for her class.
I think Rena was actually deep down, a good individual. She might not have taken in foster children for the right reasons, but she was more caring for Astrid than Starr, that's for sure.
this makes me think of my sister...she was in foster care for most of her life...until we adopted her when she was 13...we all love her vey much. the two of us are less than a year apart.
I feel that Atstrid is the poisoness white Oleander venoum seething into the families she's with them being so vulnerable to her poison get invenoumated easily that's why she was so hurt by being moved around a lot
@Jmarsh214: I also feel this movie lacked a certain something.. I didn't connect with the daughter and how she was feeling until she said ""No matter how much she's damaged me. No matter how flawed she is, I know my mother loves me."
Yeah I agree. This movie was a bit underrated compared to Precious because Precious' narcissistic mom was also very sadistic. The sadistic side of her mom, made the movie more popular and interesting. Sort of like Mommie Dearest. Astrid's mom was emotionally abusive, while Precious' mom was both emotionally and physically abusive. That was the difference. But the did live through the same experience, irregardless to social class and race. I agree with that. :-)
This has to be fiction because no Children's Service agencies would allow adults with so many mental health issues, to foster children, regardless of how short of foster parents, they were.
@joanii11 wrong. some (not all) people have a way of acting normal and nice around strange's or acquaintances and then turn out totally different when their not in the presences of people ( the ones that matter) who well judge them and call them out on their behavior and get them into serious sh*t. Oh, believe me i know, not all situation that look peachy turn out find and dandy.
you are so niave. it would be nice to think that wouldn't it.
A doctor, who with her husband who was also a doctor, adopted three kids. she beat the shit out of them from the day that she got them, untill they were removed from her 8 years later. it boggles the mind. she slammed their hands in doors, burned them. locked them up.
a lot of foster parents are abusive. and or menatlly unstable. acting comes natural for many people.
The russian, Rina, doesn't hide a thing. She's not a hypocrit, she's who she is and that's that. The other people... Star for example. All smiles and this and that at the beggining but then she was a really messed up bitch. Astrid went with her because she couldn't go to another "perfect" family, for her mother to screw up, or that is really all broken on the inside. She just went with the person who, from the minute she saw her, she knew who she was. Nothing to ruin, and no surprises.
Astrids sociologist, or whatever she is, must be the worst, stupidest worker within the child service that I have ever seen. First she sends Astrid to a former alcoholist/stripper/sociopath. Then to MAC. And then as a suicide watcher...
And in the book she takes Astrid to even worser places.
As a runaway I've heard from foster kids who were in worse homes than Astrid, some of whom suffered even worse abuse (including sexual) than they did in their original home. For examples of how much worse it can get google "A Critical Look At The Foster Care System:How Widespread a Problem?"
@hectorortiz91 really? i thought it was because everyone that seemed nice and perfect were all just bad or really messed up people. so she she didn't want to get her hopes up. and with the russian she knew what she was getting herself into firsthand.
@kar453 I was thinking she decided to go with the russian lady instead of the greenwood, because she didn't want nice foster parents that she would fall in love with.... the way she loved Claire. She decided to play it safe.
the movie is good,only the book is better.specially the claire-astrid part in there.it's deeper.i loved renee playin claire i just wish they had her hair dyed black or dark brown.and michelle's done a fantastic job being ingrid.shes totally ingrid!
Claire takes her life bcouse she is left with no choice by her dominant husband. I don't think her selfish. Not at all. Ingrid is more selfish to her daughter murdering someone, without thinking the consequences. Xcus mu grammar - no space here for better. The Russian ellemnt i find rather superficial. typical amm. movie,the constant competition,this time - economic. Astrid is just one of many unlucky children left to grow on their own.Life is unfair.
I love Rena. She taught Astrid to survive more than Ingrid ever could have. Ingrid was so afraid to lose her that she took Claire from her because she was afraid Astrid would love her. Ingrid acts selfishly and out of pure fear of insignificance. Rena took a liking to Astrid and helped her grow up so that she could thrive, not become Rena part 2 like Ingrid wanted her to be.
@xNightxwolfx2 I know. You've got a psycho path killer for a mother and you allow a young adolescence child to visit her so she can rub off on her. WTF???
Alison Lohman is genius. Can't believe she constantly had to wear wigs in this movie because she was bald when they filmed it due to a previous role in which she played a cancer patient. Then they ended up cutting all of her scenes. So she shaved her head for nothing. Still fantastic work, love her.
Rena was very hilarious in the book. Even though she is portrayed as kind of mean in the movie, she really did like Astrid. She wanted her to stay with her after she graduated and become her "business" partner. Rena was my favorite of Astrid's foster parents in the novel, but the movie really didn't do the story justice.
A perfect mother would never be as selfish as to kill herself and leave the (foster) daughter all by herself. Espiecally to kill herself in the same bed with her. Yet another emotional scar for poor Astrid.
Both Ingrid and Claire were selfish at this point in different ways. Claire was a weak soul, very soft and knew what Astrid had been through. Ultimately, she committed suicide regardless, and for the same reason Ingrid was in prison to begin with. A man. All because of a man. She was too fragile, too suspicious. Ingrid saw someone morphing her daughter into someone she didn't want her to be, and had no control over it. She was alone in her misery, and admitted she was jealous. Both were selfish.
Ok that part was probably fine in the book, but in a movie they can't just show someone sitting over a dead body for hours. I feel that the way they did it in the movie works, also. Astrid's distress over Claire's suicide seems very real. It still amazes me that ppl expect the movie to be the same as the book...
I wish they wouldn't have cut out chunks of the death scene out of the movie. Astrid spends quite a bit of time with Claire's dead body after she dies in the book, and I feel it would have made that part of the movie more emotionally powerfu......imo.
I agree completely. The hours after Claire's death where Astrid kisses her, arranges her on the bed, etc. and then calls Ron (his name in the book) and they sit by her body as Astrid asks why he couldn't have loved her more was the most moving part of the book, second to the part where Claire falls asleep for the last time holding onto Astrid. I loved the relationship between those two characters, and this part of the movie did nothing but cheapen it imo.
If I were Astrid, I would have gotten a hold of her Mother's letters as evidence to see if she has mentioned anything about different types of suicide and reported Ingrid after Claire died.
@madsb1992 I know, I know :( That's why I said "ALMOST a perfect mother to Astrid" I don't blame Claire or anything. She fell in love and she lacked trust :( She's only human.
@psYnel I know what you mean. Astrid's mother Ingrid really seems to get a joy off of other people's misery. And I am so mad at Claire's husband for being such the asshole to her. A guy doesn't mean shit if he's going to treat his lady like that. I wish Claire hadn't have felt so low and had low self-esteem with her husband.
@WithAVoiceOfAnAngel3 I wouldn't really call Claire's husband an asshole though. There should be trust in every relationship and Claire doesn't really have that...so she's kinda at fault here. And I think, naturally, guys really don't like women that are too clingy, you know? BUT even so, the husband should have done more for Claire. She's a good person and I understand her loneliness. Ingrid is selfish...but she changed in the end by letting Astrid go...but with Claire's death, it's too late.
@psYnel Almost the perfect mother??? Are you serious? She is so selfish!!! Like this poor girl hasnt been through enough? She has to wake up and find this woman dead right next to her. What kind of mother would do that?
@psYnel Almost the perfect mother??? Are you serious? She is so selfish!!! Like this poor girl hasnt been through enough? She has to wake up and find this woman dead right next to her. What kind of mother would do that?
She didn't visit her mother that much, only like three times, if I'm remembering correctly. I don't recall her (Astrid) going to prison to tell her mother Claire killed herself. I'm not wrong, am I?
@NorthernLights0X: The girl with the curly blond hair? I don't know the name of the actress but she played Tina in What I like about you. Hope that helps! :)
It was Astrid's mom that killed Clair... (by exacerbating her insecurities about her husband) which is a metaphor for their condition... (of hate being so intertwined with love that it gets destroyed)
In the DVD commentary they mention that the scenes where her eyebrows are darker were re-shoots that they did in post production, and she had another role, so they couldn't redye her eyebrows.
that's one thing i don't get - why did Astrid choose to go with that junky slut for a foster mom? Is it cuz she was looking for the worst influence possible to piss off her mom?
and what's with that woman adopting kids - so she has a posse of teenage girls to smoke, drink, listen to rock, and share clothes with??
In the book, she sort of explains how she doesn't think she deserves a nice home. In a way, she's trying to punish herself after what happened with Claire.
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lol when i lived in russia i remember mostly old people used to smoke cigarettes called belomor(probably cuz they are cheap and these people cant afford better ones) which had the most disguisting smell on earth!! gosh my ankle used to smoke em to. so i said to myself when i was like 5 i will never smoke in my life.
yeah. she's like fire. uncontrolable, untamable, powerful. . . a force of nature. She burns up and destroys everything. Everything good, everything simple. Just like Claire. . . whatever she touches turns to ash.
i think they darkened her eyebrows to make her seem like she was getting older. she looked all pale and whipsy when she was 13...they had to make her look more teenagery
:OOO Poor Claire
HazlittHere 2 weeks ago
"Workers of the world arise! You've got nothing to lose but Visa card, Happy Meal, and Kotex with wings."
One of the best lines in the film.
DickieAnginson 1 month ago
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DickieAnginson 1 month ago
I love the book so much and this movie did a fine job, I believe. I'm just disappointed Olivia wasn't included in the movie. She was, to me, the most profound character in the novel. It would have been interesting to see how she would be portrayed
walrus88011 2 months ago
I hate the beginning of this part :(
But I feel I must point out a reason I think they decided to omit Amelia, Olivia, and Marvel in the movie. It was the symbolism of all the blondes--I think. Starr and Claire (who was brunette) in the book were very central to Astrid. Just like her mother, also a blonde. WHITE Oleanders. Just my take.
mamanam15 2 months ago
Rena, please marry me, you crazy bitch.
unwell333 2 months ago
Her eyebrows darken in different scenes :P
3rinSimone 2 months ago 4
haha "Russian cigarettes, no cancer!"
BecauseAlexWasBored 3 months ago 4
Why do good dramas always have to be so sad?
ericwei0128 4 months ago
I swear, one of my class professors looks just like Rena. Which is kind of a funny coincidence since I'm doing a paper on theories of domestic violence within this movie as an assignment for her class.
zcm007attack 4 months ago
I think Rena was actually deep down, a good individual. She might not have taken in foster children for the right reasons, but she was more caring for Astrid than Starr, that's for sure.
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zcm007attack 4 months ago
this makes me think of my sister...she was in foster care for most of her life...until we adopted her when she was 13...we all love her vey much. the two of us are less than a year apart.
AikokoXD 4 months ago
Hanna and Julie lmao
ButterflyGuilded 5 months ago
rita is my favorite next to claire lol. shes funny
shadyatem 5 months ago
:( NO. Paul is AMAZING *WHY* can't you just be NICE to him?? HE LOVES YOU!!.....
songbird2332 6 months ago 2
I feel that Atstrid is the poisoness white Oleander venoum seething into the families she's with them being so vulnerable to her poison get invenoumated easily that's why she was so hurt by being moved around a lot
Musicalmemories21 6 months ago
claire :'((((
azuremily 7 months ago
@Jmarsh214: I also feel this movie lacked a certain something.. I didn't connect with the daughter and how she was feeling until she said ""No matter how much she's damaged me. No matter how flawed she is, I know my mother loves me."
DreaDevine 9 months ago
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DreaDevine 9 months ago
Yeah I agree. This movie was a bit underrated compared to Precious because Precious' narcissistic mom was also very sadistic. The sadistic side of her mom, made the movie more popular and interesting. Sort of like Mommie Dearest. Astrid's mom was emotionally abusive, while Precious' mom was both emotionally and physically abusive. That was the difference. But the did live through the same experience, irregardless to social class and race. I agree with that. :-)
DreaDevine 9 months ago 3
@Jmarsh214 You can't really compare the two movies.. I don't think. Precious VS White Oleander
DreaDevine 9 months ago
This has to be fiction because no Children's Service agencies would allow adults with so many mental health issues, to foster children, regardless of how short of foster parents, they were.
joanii11 9 months ago
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munk4sale 9 months ago
@joanii11 wrong. some (not all) people have a way of acting normal and nice around strange's or acquaintances and then turn out totally different when their not in the presences of people ( the ones that matter) who well judge them and call them out on their behavior and get them into serious sh*t. Oh, believe me i know, not all situation that look peachy turn out find and dandy.
munk4sale 9 months ago
@munk4sale
Yeah, you're right. A lot of abuse is missed by the people who should be more alert.
There are good and bad workers in every type of job.
joanii11 5 months ago
@joanii11
you are so niave. it would be nice to think that wouldn't it.
A doctor, who with her husband who was also a doctor, adopted three kids. she beat the shit out of them from the day that she got them, untill they were removed from her 8 years later. it boggles the mind. she slammed their hands in doors, burned them. locked them up.
a lot of foster parents are abusive. and or menatlly unstable. acting comes natural for many people.
hezziattubeyou 5 months ago
They cut way too much from the book
ButterflyGuilded 10 months ago
they didn't make michelle pfeiffer ugly enough. of course it's probably hard to make her look bad, but no one looks that good in prison. haha.
downthestreetteam 10 months ago
The cut out two of her foster homes -.- I hate how they leave out so much and it was Renee not Rina :O
ThisDetour 10 months ago
The russian, Rina, doesn't hide a thing. She's not a hypocrit, she's who she is and that's that. The other people... Star for example. All smiles and this and that at the beggining but then she was a really messed up bitch. Astrid went with her because she couldn't go to another "perfect" family, for her mother to screw up, or that is really all broken on the inside. She just went with the person who, from the minute she saw her, she knew who she was. Nothing to ruin, and no surprises.
VendettaValerie 10 months ago
"thats what I love about this country, it loves money like I do"
briliant.
chemical331 10 months ago
God, so pathetic - Hanna and Julie. Ingrid is their "project". What a couple of tools.
irshgrl500 11 months ago
Russian lady is ...how you say... biotch.
Masqueradia 1 year ago
I loved Olivia's character :( I'm sad not to see her... the Russian lady is amazing though
amaririi 1 year ago 2
a long the movie astrid gets stronger and more pretty is amazing
ohannajade 1 year ago
Why are her eyebrows suddenly dark.
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reversereverie 1 year ago 3
Russian cigarettes. No cancer. lol!
livkivi 1 year ago
i think she would have had a good life with him too, he would have taken care of her :(
AryettaLynn 1 year ago
WHERE THE HELL CAN I FOUND THE SONG BANG BANG BY VIBROLUX?
TheSourBreath 1 year ago
Astrids sociologist, or whatever she is, must be the worst, stupidest worker within the child service that I have ever seen. First she sends Astrid to a former alcoholist/stripper/sociopath. Then to MAC. And then as a suicide watcher...
And in the book she takes Astrid to even worser places.
That woman is seriously retarded...
24ogilove 1 year ago 26
@24ogilove she has a few different social workers in the book, and i agree, they are all retarded.
kymboslice95 1 year ago
@24ogilove that's what i thought when i first read the book!!!!
how the fuck were those people approved?!
sophia321123 4 months ago
@24ogilove
As a runaway I've heard from foster kids who were in worse homes than Astrid, some of whom suffered even worse abuse (including sexual) than they did in their original home. For examples of how much worse it can get google "A Critical Look At The Foster Care System:How Widespread a Problem?"
JaneCochran 4 months ago
it bothers me so much that they didnt put anything about the other 2 foster families. or show olivia. ahhhhhhh
secretsworthabuck 1 year ago
Because she doesn't want to hurt another innocent family
hectorortiz91 1 year ago
@hectorortiz91 really? i thought it was because everyone that seemed nice and perfect were all just bad or really messed up people. so she she didn't want to get her hopes up. and with the russian she knew what she was getting herself into firsthand.
bruty16 11 months ago
why does astrid want to go with the russian woman instead of the greenwoods? ( or whatever their last name is)
kar453 1 year ago
@kar453 I was thinking she decided to go with the russian lady instead of the greenwood, because she didn't want nice foster parents that she would fall in love with.... the way she loved Claire. She decided to play it safe.
DreaDevine 9 months ago 4
the movie is good,only the book is better.specially the claire-astrid part in there.it's deeper.i loved renee playin claire i just wish they had her hair dyed black or dark brown.and michelle's done a fantastic job being ingrid.shes totally ingrid!
missKeila1985 1 year ago
damn that ingrid! astrid would've had the best life living with claire!
ccrstarpanda 1 year ago 2
i always liked the russian lady lolol
veexxxronica 1 year ago
peoplee heeelp me! the name of the song from 6:04 to 6:12 ????? thank youuu
CzarnaDeianira 1 year ago
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LadyWuthering 1 year ago
@CzarnaDeianira The song is Bang Bang by Vibrolux
LadyWuthering 1 year ago
@LadyWuthering thank youuuuuuuuuuu :) :) :)
CzarnaDeianira 1 year ago
feel sorry for this gurl..
whatever that's happening to her is her mother's fault!!
thisizme18 1 year ago
Claire takes her life bcouse she is left with no choice by her dominant husband. I don't think her selfish. Not at all. Ingrid is more selfish to her daughter murdering someone, without thinking the consequences. Xcus mu grammar - no space here for better. The Russian ellemnt i find rather superficial. typical amm. movie,the constant competition,this time - economic. Astrid is just one of many unlucky children left to grow on their own.Life is unfair.
jeenthough 1 year ago
that's a really good scene when clair dies, but in the book it's much longer..
johanna601 1 year ago
and there was another foster home after this, a Russian woman who wasnt all that bad...and Astrid has sex with her bf...
alleycatalog 1 year ago
In the book, Ron offers to keep Astrid, and he admits he was having an affair...
alleycatalog 1 year ago
Just a small observation but...didn't Astrid have orange eyebrows at the start of the film?
AngloKitten 1 year ago 5
How old is Astrid supposed to be?
DearCorinne 1 year ago
reminds me of zombieland
TheDemonboy999 1 year ago
I love Rena. She taught Astrid to survive more than Ingrid ever could have. Ingrid was so afraid to lose her that she took Claire from her because she was afraid Astrid would love her. Ingrid acts selfishly and out of pure fear of insignificance. Rena took a liking to Astrid and helped her grow up so that she could thrive, not become Rena part 2 like Ingrid wanted her to be.
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how did that woman become qualified to be a foster parent? doesn't look like she has stable financial living situations.
ampedpumpedstokedout 1 year ago
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ampedpumpedstokedout 1 year ago
this is all so unfair to astrid!!
cutebutterfly09 1 year ago 3
Yeah I know, it's late in the movie to say this, but wtf murderers get visitors?
xNightxwolfx2 1 year ago
@xNightxwolfx2 I know. You've got a psycho path killer for a mother and you allow a young adolescence child to visit her so she can rub off on her. WTF???
JeniBurton213 1 year ago
@motleycrue983 Ingrid fucked up Astrid's childhood. trust me, if you had an abusive and out of control mother like Ingrid you would've hated her
alexanduhDanziggg 1 year ago 2
@motleycrue983
yes!
tO survive Only which is sOmething!
yOu must lOve yOurself in Order tO live...
CheckinGagaiNagain 1 year ago
Alison Lohman is genius. Can't believe she constantly had to wear wigs in this movie because she was bald when they filmed it due to a previous role in which she played a cancer patient. Then they ended up cutting all of her scenes. So she shaved her head for nothing. Still fantastic work, love her.
zellajaynee 1 year ago
Rena was very hilarious in the book. Even though she is portrayed as kind of mean in the movie, she really did like Astrid. She wanted her to stay with her after she graduated and become her "business" partner. Rena was my favorite of Astrid's foster parents in the novel, but the movie really didn't do the story justice.
shellecat89 1 year ago
I REALLY LOVE THIS MOVIE AND SCENE
TheInnocenttweety 1 year ago
A perfect mother would never be as selfish as to kill herself and leave the (foster) daughter all by herself. Espiecally to kill herself in the same bed with her. Yet another emotional scar for poor Astrid.
beachbabe2727 1 year ago 8
god I started crying- the acting is great :(!!
WitheringChild 1 year ago
Rena Gruschenka, you are my goddamn hero.
jmochi47 1 year ago 3
"Hey you, cheerleader, you want smoke? Russian cigarettes! No cancer!"
twiggcrayon 1 year ago 5
Both Ingrid and Claire were selfish at this point in different ways. Claire was a weak soul, very soft and knew what Astrid had been through. Ultimately, she committed suicide regardless, and for the same reason Ingrid was in prison to begin with. A man. All because of a man. She was too fragile, too suspicious. Ingrid saw someone morphing her daughter into someone she didn't want her to be, and had no control over it. She was alone in her misery, and admitted she was jealous. Both were selfish.
ZiouxZioux 1 year ago 3
astrid gets treated like an object, being passed around and talking about "sending her back" and stuff like they were renting a car or something.
its so disgusting how some women would do anything for a man, and give up things they love for their happiness and they never even love her bak.
FMLdoodez 1 year ago
good i just hope she never sees her mother again,,she is sick,,person,,
starbirdblue 1 year ago
The actress who plays Yvonne is actually a very good singer too.
forblueskies274 1 year ago
Tbh a lot of people are complaining about 'why couldn't have been as good as the book'
It's a film. They have to cut things out. I think they did the book justice and it's one of my favourite films of all time.
The actors are amazing.
SunsetRainbow27 1 year ago 2
those people are not the enemy, mother, we are - you and me. they don't hurt us, we hurt them. such a good quote!
madsb1992 1 year ago 6
ingrid is such a bitch ughhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
TheSassy2005 1 year ago
I really feel for Astrid shit always has to happen to her.
GaRideOnUrDiscoStick 1 year ago 6
Ok that part was probably fine in the book, but in a movie they can't just show someone sitting over a dead body for hours. I feel that the way they did it in the movie works, also. Astrid's distress over Claire's suicide seems very real. It still amazes me that ppl expect the movie to be the same as the book...
canarydiamond0509 1 year ago 6
Понравился эпизод с туфлей Рины, когда она выругалась "Эти туфли*б твою мать,не надену больше в жизни!" xDD
Четкие русские женщины! =)))
Anette677 1 year ago 2
I wish they wouldn't have cut out chunks of the death scene out of the movie. Astrid spends quite a bit of time with Claire's dead body after she dies in the book, and I feel it would have made that part of the movie more emotionally powerfu......imo.
vitaminC7657 2 years ago 39
I agree completely. The hours after Claire's death where Astrid kisses her, arranges her on the bed, etc. and then calls Ron (his name in the book) and they sit by her body as Astrid asks why he couldn't have loved her more was the most moving part of the book, second to the part where Claire falls asleep for the last time holding onto Astrid. I loved the relationship between those two characters, and this part of the movie did nothing but cheapen it imo.
LBelle108 2 years ago 2
@vitaminC7657 I have GOT to read that book...
babyapple930 1 year ago
The mom is so delusional that it's scary.
juliabohemian 2 years ago 5
oh my God,
brit387 2 years ago
If I were Astrid, I would have gotten a hold of her Mother's letters as evidence to see if she has mentioned anything about different types of suicide and reported Ingrid after Claire died.
MiyahSummer 2 years ago 6
wow a classic narcissistic mother if there ever was one.
BettherBeachwear 2 years ago 3
It was a red dress in the book, wasn't it?
WretchedLivesWhite 2 years ago
poor paul! didnt even know that astrid was blowing him off to protect him, from her mother and from herself.
luv2writeksa 2 years ago 5
and can i just say i love paul. :)
erinlovesyou102 2 years ago 2
i feel so sorry for astrid, having to wake up to claire lying there.
how horrible. :S
this movie makes me realise how lucky i am.
erinlovesyou102 2 years ago 12
@erinlovesyou102 try the book you'll really feel lucky then
RainboRainicorn 5 months ago
i cant help but notice 1 thing, the number of views get lesser and lesser from part 1 to here. lol?
blacksheepz 2 years ago
I'm actually crying right now because Claire was such a sweet person and so motherly...She would have been a wondeful Mother...Poor Astrid.
EmilyStoleTheCookie 2 years ago 5
I cried so much when Claire died :(
She was such a good person.
She was almost a perfect mother to Astrid.
Great movie!
Amazing book!
psYnel 2 years ago 148
@psYnel i felt the same way ! < this is my ALL TIME favorite movie
xbonniex9 2 years ago
@psYnel she was exactly what astrid needed. i hated astrid's mum - it was like she wanted things to be hard and 'challenging' for her all the time
madsb1992 2 years ago 2
I did to...
MiyahSummer 2 years ago
@psYnel me too, so sad :( i think astrid needed someone more stable though, claire was willing to send her away to make her boyfriend happy
madsb1992 1 year ago
@madsb1992 I know, I know :( That's why I said "ALMOST a perfect mother to Astrid" I don't blame Claire or anything. She fell in love and she lacked trust :( She's only human.
psYnel 1 year ago
@psYnel I know what you mean. Astrid's mother Ingrid really seems to get a joy off of other people's misery. And I am so mad at Claire's husband for being such the asshole to her. A guy doesn't mean shit if he's going to treat his lady like that. I wish Claire hadn't have felt so low and had low self-esteem with her husband.
WithAVoiceOfAnAngel3 1 year ago
@WithAVoiceOfAnAngel3 I wouldn't really call Claire's husband an asshole though. There should be trust in every relationship and Claire doesn't really have that...so she's kinda at fault here. And I think, naturally, guys really don't like women that are too clingy, you know? BUT even so, the husband should have done more for Claire. She's a good person and I understand her loneliness. Ingrid is selfish...but she changed in the end by letting Astrid go...but with Claire's death, it's too late.
psYnel 1 year ago 3
@psYnel Almost the perfect mother??? Are you serious? She is so selfish!!! Like this poor girl hasnt been through enough? She has to wake up and find this woman dead right next to her. What kind of mother would do that?
puppylove7362 1 year ago 2
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@psYnel Almost the perfect mother??? Are you serious? She is so selfish!!! Like this poor girl hasnt been through enough? She has to wake up and find this woman dead right next to her. What kind of mother would do that?
puppylove7362 1 year ago
they cut a LOT from the book that they shouldn't have.
and i wish she kept her hair short, i don't like her with long hair.
AnaLioneye 2 years ago
damn, astrid's life sucks.
i was depressed before watching this, and now i love my life after watching this movie.
loveub88 2 years ago 8
the song is by deftons
w00w0023 2 years ago
i like when she stands up to herself and says theey dont hurt us we hurt tham..i love how her long pretty hair starts to come back in thisone
w00w0023 2 years ago 5
i love rena gruschenka.
russian cigarrets,no cancer,best in world.
the book is fabulous.
marievalerious 2 years ago 4
She didn't visit her mother that much, only like three times, if I'm remembering correctly. I don't recall her (Astrid) going to prison to tell her mother Claire killed herself. I'm not wrong, am I?
purebloodjiselle 2 years ago
>.> damn...her screaming is fucking gutwrenching o.o perfect
HikaruTora 2 years ago 2
please ,the song at 6:06 ?
Deliamira90 2 years ago
WTF! yvonne was supposed to be a latina! ]:<
cautionlaura 2 years ago 3
is that really true.. "russian ciggarettes, no cancer"... LOL
jara18 2 years ago 5
Ingrid/Pfeiffer- "Of course I was jealous. I live in a cell with a woman who has a vocabulary of 25 words". LOL! :-D
Dingalingring 2 years ago 5
yeah, thats quoted from the book. I love how they keep true to Ingrid's character even though she's a poet in the book.
EclecticMediocrity 2 years ago
4:00 she looks like AnnaShophia Robb
magfilipino09 2 years ago
What has the blonde girl who's on the right and visits Astrid's mother been in? I've seen her before, it's driving me crazy.
NorthernLights0X 2 years ago
Which blond girl do you mean? Do you mean Clare? She's from Brigit Jone's diary.
Rowan07001484 2 years ago
@NorthernLights0X: The girl with the curly blond hair? I don't know the name of the actress but she played Tina in What I like about you. Hope that helps! :)
starlett2010 2 years ago
she [Allison Munn] also plays Miss Lauren on One Tree Hill.
jsantos23000 2 years ago
ithink she's the actress that plays Fez's crazy girlfriend on That 70s Show.
cautionlaura 2 years ago
Her name is Alison Munn.
Bounderandacad 2 years ago
In Soviet Russia, money loves you!
lolwtf92 2 years ago 35
What song is in this video? The one from the party?
lanananer 2 years ago 2
becuz she wanted somthing different, she tried 2 nice families and ended up broken she wanted som1 she wouldnt stick to
princessGAbank 2 years ago
why did she pick the russian lady instead of those nice 2 people in the interview?
onmynyshit 2 years ago 2
It was Astrid's mom that killed Clair... (by exacerbating her insecurities about her husband) which is a metaphor for their condition... (of hate being so intertwined with love that it gets destroyed)
But where does that intertwine start?
nathanwilefrazier 2 years ago 4
How in the hell is Rena allowed to adopt children? I mean seriously; she's a child herself.
Kjs88musiclover 2 years ago 4
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the girl who plays astrid looks so fake in her blonde wig
florah3 2 years ago
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kaleighxkris 2 years ago
poor Paul =(
justagirl5800 2 years ago 5
Who plays claire?
AvieAddict 2 years ago 3
Renee Zelwegger
Eiko8173 2 years ago 5
They could have a least dyed astrids aye browns blonde too... It looks horrible.
LeeAnne1990 2 years ago 4
i know! she looks manly
twilightxHPxlove 2 years ago
In the DVD commentary they mention that the scenes where her eyebrows are darker were re-shoots that they did in post production, and she had another role, so they couldn't redye her eyebrows.
crazeegurl151 2 years ago 4
poor paul!
dontyouluvme 2 years ago 3
astrid's eyebrows turned a different color *.*
angelofmusic102 2 years ago 5
Rena's just great! And when she cursed at 5:39 I was like "OMG my native language FINALLY!!"
Alchera201 2 years ago 5
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that's one thing i don't get - why did Astrid choose to go with that junky slut for a foster mom? Is it cuz she was looking for the worst influence possible to piss off her mom?
and what's with that woman adopting kids - so she has a posse of teenage girls to smoke, drink, listen to rock, and share clothes with??
JokersSerious 2 years ago
In the book, she sort of explains how she doesn't think she deserves a nice home. In a way, she's trying to punish herself after what happened with Claire.
ninjapocky3 2 years ago 6
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lol when i lived in russia i remember mostly old people used to smoke cigarettes called belomor(probably cuz they are cheap and these people cant afford better ones) which had the most disguisting smell on earth!! gosh my ankle used to smoke em to. so i said to myself when i was like 5 i will never smoke in my life.
bossMrMontana 2 years ago
Go Russia!
PureBredAkita 2 years ago 2
russian cigarettes. go cancer! lol
sew75962 2 years ago
aww thas so sad when claire died...
irresistablyattached 2 years ago 7
this movie is amazing. the book is even better,
indecisiveflaws 3 years ago 8
poor guy]: i've seen this movie so much and it still makes me sad.
bellaBREAKDON 3 years ago 2
her mom is a freaking phsyco
cowsgomooo1 3 years ago
yeah. she's like fire. uncontrolable, untamable, powerful. . . a force of nature. She burns up and destroys everything. Everything good, everything simple. Just like Claire. . . whatever she touches turns to ash.
Ackles4life 3 years ago 11
what's the song at 6:05???
Hermione212 3 years ago
Rena is just fkn brilliant... XD
dancingradi0 3 years ago 5
she's such a talented actress
wownikkiwow 3 years ago
whats the song at 6:05
urturtleismine 3 years ago 2
everything always happends because of her fucking mom!
Mharie2828 3 years ago 9
hey eyebrows were blond then they magically became dark at 52:
dknychic313 3 years ago 2
haha yea i noticed that too..wtf.!!
xXxSynGatesLuverxXx 3 years ago
i think they darkened her eyebrows to make her seem like she was getting older. she looked all pale and whipsy when she was 13...they had to make her look more teenagery
sailorbbydo 2 years ago 6
Actually, she was doing another movie or something like that and they didn't have the time to dye her eyebrows blonde. It explains it on the dvd
alexahaller 2 years ago 2