This is great. I never read the book but I plan on it... I also love the relationship she has with the guy. It reminds me of one which I used to have... it really brings me to tears... this movie. and the relationship she had with him and her mother..
The book is better, I'd say. They should have included some characters from the book, and it'll be perfect. It was a good film but not as brilliant as the book. Janet Fitch <3
@ericwei0128 she was supposed to be about 18 and living in Berlin with paul. this was such a terrible movie after reading the book. it hurts me that they would just butcher shch a beautiful story.
@ericwei0128 I dont know how old she is now but she's not living with another minor. When she got back from the foster home with Claire, Paul was about to turn 18, so when she moved in with him he wasn't a minor.. :)
This was great. I'm a trainee counsellor and one of my clients recommended this film to me. She did however say that the book was better. I really enjoyed this though, thank you.
THANKS AGAIN 4 UPLOADING! 1 of my absolute favorite movies ever & i don't even own it on dvd?!?! Anyway, beautiful ending w/ 1 of my fav characters & fav couples. This movie will never get old!!! :)
Robin Wright and Michelle Pfeiffer are amazing actresses. Michelle is ethereally beautiful, like a painting. Robin can play The Princess Bride, Jenny Gump and white-trashy Starr all with ease and believability.
Why these two women have not received Oscars is a mystery.
... Sure, the movie is interesting, and Ingrid is just as stunning in the movie as she is in the book, but it utterly destroyed the order of events and the ending of the book. Hell, they skipped two foster homes which had a huge impact on Astrid's outlook on life and how she came to understand her mother’s choices in the past as well as the future. As a movie, it was stunning, loved it, but as a movie interpreting the book, it was utterly horrid.
@SoInSane42 I agree with you. I read the book and the movie was nothing compared to it. I cannot believe they did not show the other two foster homes for they also made a great contrast to Astrid's experience with Claire.
Wow... I forgot how much of an insult the movie is to the book... If anyone has read it ( I have now for the 3rd time) I'm sure they can understand my meaning.... Ugh...
Even so, I find myself thinking of her, wanting to feel that wind. It's a secret wanting, like a song I can't stop humming, or loving someone you can never have.
though my mother never committed murder, we have had a similar volatile relationship. this movie is so wonderful, and so lovely. funny, my mother hates this movie, probably bc she secretly knows how selfish she is.
the book is so beautiful though, the metaphors/similes left images i cannot erase out of my mind.
@urtwilightbuddy11 No one deserves to be in jail......only hurt people hurt others. People deserve to make themselves anew......to forgive and love others.
@JordanPAT Too many people refuse to believe they did anything wrong. Unless they understand that hurting others causes pain, and that humans are worth something, humans other than themselves, then jail is still a required punishment. The only humane one we have.
@Masqueradia Therapy, rehabilitation is the only humane thing to do. Punishing people doesn't work, clearly. Just look at the world.......all attack is a cry for help.
@JordanPAT I agree to disagree. Selfish people lie through therapy to get out. Then we have more cases like in LA where you have rap sheets three miles long and the people still running around free to continue to hurt others. You don't get "healed" unless you want it. Jail is for innocent's protection too.
@DecaPierce Heres the thing, Ingrid was a sociopath, so even though he didnt do anything truly deserving of her killing him, in her mind it was all justified.
Im just curious, does anyone think it's odd that a foster mother would go out of her way to make a 10 year old girl watch this? The Dept. of Human Services took my children for no reason whatsoever. They hounded my husband and I for four years and finally, the succeeded in taking them. In just 3months, the court will decide on permanent removal, and my husband and I feel like we're dying. I know there is no way that anyone reading my comment could believe me when I say "We truly did nothing...
@78sEVEn78 p2: nothing to warrant them being removed, but it is true. DHS/CPS is beyond corrupt, and we have no one to defend us. I get to talk to my children for 5 minutes each night, and I have one supervised visit per week. Last night, my daughter (who JUST turned 10 on 11-24-10, asked me if I had seen this movie. So here I am, just finished watching it and VERY upset that this foster mother showed this to my child. I am only 32, am I really so wrong for not wanting my 10yr. old girl to....
@78sEVEn78 to see this content? I guess I don't know why I am sharing this, for all and anyone to see? I'm crying out for someone to relate maybe. Our caseworker lies, falsifies monthly reports, and since my husband and I do not have good lawyers, we have no Advocate, no hope.....IS there anyone else out there who is being torn apart by dhs or cps WRONGFULLY? *All I can do is cry, in three months, my children will be gone forever. Will someone please pray for us? This is not like me to share.
@78sEVEn78 My heart goes out to you and your family. You will get them back one day. The bond between children and parents is eternal and forever, noone can keep them from you. I hope you get them back soon, but if not, they will find you or you will find them. If the love is there, you will always have your children and they will always have you. I know you will get to hold them again.
@Gibson299 maybe if you had the ability to comprehend an insightful movie such as this, then you would think twice about calling this a stupid movie. i do believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You may argue about the message posed in the movie and even criticize its haunted portrayal of women; however, it is anything but stupid.
The book was amazing! It was one of the most moving stories I have ever read about mothers and daughters, men and women and just how much women give up for the love of a man. The movie was good, but as usual most movies cannot truly capture the essence of a true literary masterpiece.
@ 1:40 it looks like Astrid nonverbally says, "Mommy". Awww. So touching how they look at each other. And then her mom looks at her as if to say, "Mommy's here. It's going to be okay." Awwww. tears.
"No matter how much she's damaged me. No matter how flawed she is, I know my mother loves me." LOVE IT. That is so me about my mom and oldest sister (motherly figure when she felt like it).
Paul and Astrid <3 so cute. But anyway, I was a little disappointed with the movie. They cut out A LOT of stuff and twisted up a whole bunch of details which helped to contribute to the story's uniqueness. In my opinion they also failed with making the actress who plays Astrid look older as the movie progresses. Ingrid's aura also seemed to be slightly different than in the book.. a little less sharp? Or maybe that's just me. The way they made Ray look was also not very fitting. An okay movie.
@SkidVixen Totally. If this movie was anything like the book, it would be the new Shawshank Redemption. But they want sooooo badly to make movies from books that they sacrifice what's important for what's going to make money.
And it's really bizarre, some of the details that are changed when a book is adapted to a movie. Like changing Astrid and Paul's place together from a crumbly old cold apartment in Germany into a spacious artist's loft in *New York*. What, like an American audience can't comprehend that anyplace exists outside the good ol US of A? Or they weren't imaginative enough to convey them finding home together in a dreary, shitty apartment in a foreign land? Really insulting, disappointing.
@stellamaris347 I think it has more to do with the fact that she can find Paul's easier in New York and she would know the language to track him down. Also, the place she ends up really isn't the point, it is the journey it took to get there.
@stellamaris347I think the movie ending is more realistic. How are they going to get visas? You know you have to prove you can pay for any extremity yourself, with money in a bank account in your name, and that you have a job and a place to live lined up, with an employer who has to vouch for you. How are two teenage kids with no money, no friends, and not one word of German going to go about doing that? How are they even going to pay for the flight? I'd be more insulted by that scenario.
@hopefullyjh This might not add much to the argument, but Astrid is fluent in German. At least, her mother is, and we know how much Ingrid liked to educate her daughter. She and Paul are also both artists, and Astrid might have been able to establish connections with people her mother knew. She lived in Europe for a good chunk of her childhood. And Ingrid must have had some money to pass on to Astrid after being imprisoned.
ugh...sappy, shallow, crappy. To be expected, I suppose, when Hollywood attempts to render a rich, complex, authentic story into a neat, dumbed-down, feel-goody "life lesson" with only 90-120 minutes to work with, but plenty of makeup artists! Loved the novel, and think the actors did alright, considering the crappified script they had to work with, which basically took all the life out of the story.
i love the movie and i love the book .i think Ingrid is my favorite character out of all novels that i have read. She is so complicated and i really do get this sense that she is an artist inside and out. She is hauntingly beautiful and artistic.The first time ive seen it, i said, that woman is too beautiful to be in prison. But when i read the book, Michelle was able to embody what was written in the pages and in the same sense, she brought Ingrid alive. Only true actresses are able to do that.
really an awsome movie, i wish i knew before watching that there was a book, i am going to start looking for it tomorrow. pfeiffer should have gotten awards for this display is her besto work i think
they left out major parts in this movie, like her foster home with marvel and her attahment to olivia, and her foster home with amelia and how she was starved, and most of all just how much she felt about everything, her adoration for her mothher in the beginning, her feelings for ray, just how much she loved claire, and the bond betwen her and yvonne
@futureSAILORsoldier i agree they did leave a lot out. i think her relationship with ray should have been expanded, and in the end, don't astrid and Paul go to germany? i've gotta read that book again, it's definitely in my favourites! and it was still a decent film adaptation.
@futureSAILORsoldier dont forget about Sergei too. though it had ALOT of missing details dis movie was alright but the book is without a doubt way better
I love the film ending more than I like the book ending. In this film, Ingrid does not make Astrid testify, thereby committing herself to serve the rest of her life sentence. But in the novel, though Ingrid still does not have Astrid testify, she wins her appeal anyway and is released from prison. The film made it seem as if Ingrid had made a major sacrifice, where as in the book she got what she wanted in the end regardless of Astrid's testimony.
@shellecat89 Yeah, 'cause it doesn't make much sense when she says "I know i'm not going back to that country". So it would have to Paris or something.
@angelsky91502 "That country" metaphorically refers to the foster homes she was in and out of. You obviously didn't listen to what she was saying when she was talking about the suitcases.
Hey I just finished watching the movie. Thank you so much for uploading it, I really appreciate the effort. Have a beautiful day and if I can repay you somehow let me know.
The art she does with the suitcases is really clever and it's a beautifull way to describe the things she passed through and the situations that affected her life!
I know they can't include all the details of the book in the movie but I'd like Astrid to had the wooden jewebox Ray gave her in the book...I'd be nice at the last scene with the siutcases... :)
@PaintItBlackMarilyn a movie can take forever to read, putting it all in a two hour film is impossible so making a movie live up to the book is very hard. thats why they always say "inspired by'" or "based on" instead of "taken from" etc.
When you read the book, the way Janet described Ingrid, Michelle brought to life, down to the way Michelle spoke as Ingrid, the tone of her voice...Michelle really did so great in Ingrid...If the award winning body read the book, they would definitely give Michelle the best actress award...She embodied the character too much
the book was so AMAZING!.the problem with the movie is its too light..i understand why they have to do it though, the book is too dark to be made into a movie.i personally have to put down the book at times because it got to me too much,.,But the good thing about the movie is, all the actresses and actors playing the characters did a superb job in making the characters from the book a live. I especially love Michelle here.
HI...THANK YOU FOR A NICE MOVIE
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paramore5575 3 weeks ago
I don't usually watch movies like this one, but I'll have to admit: this movie literally made me cry. I highly recommend it.
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At least she stayed in jail in the movie! Otherwise... I prefer the book. :/
Swimsmile12 2 months ago
this was a great movie
sueryun 2 months ago
make this available to mobile please
BaloneyVamp4 2 months ago
Thank you for uploading :)
kingmec334 3 months ago
This is great. I never read the book but I plan on it... I also love the relationship she has with the guy. It reminds me of one which I used to have... it really brings me to tears... this movie. and the relationship she had with him and her mother..
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The book is better, I'd say. They should have included some characters from the book, and it'll be perfect. It was a good film but not as brilliant as the book. Janet Fitch <3
xiahj14 3 months ago
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xiahj14 3 months ago
No matter how evil my mother is i know deep down inside she loves me.
ilovemazzystar 3 months ago
i think i liked this ending better.
sophia321123 4 months ago
she loved Astrid. she was just a psychopath
africansoulsista 4 months ago
Can someone tell me how old she is now? If she's 15 still then how can she live on her own or with another minor?
ericwei0128 4 months ago
@ericwei0128 she was supposed to be about 18 and living in Berlin with paul. this was such a terrible movie after reading the book. it hurts me that they would just butcher shch a beautiful story.
CharlotteLsometimes 4 months ago
@ericwei0128 I dont know how old she is now but she's not living with another minor. When she got back from the foster home with Claire, Paul was about to turn 18, so when she moved in with him he wasn't a minor.. :)
Greetingkitteh 3 months ago
I read this book 7 years ago, books are always better. I enjoyed the movie thought the white sky was cliche.
86creep 4 months ago
is the ending of the movie how it ended in the book or does it go into more detail
RainSnowYakamaru 5 months ago
So disappointed with how far the movie strayed from the book!
Felt like so many of the characters could have been better developed.
If you haven't read the book yet, you really should; it's beautifully written.
peachesncremes 5 months ago 6
This was great. I'm a trainee counsellor and one of my clients recommended this film to me. She did however say that the book was better. I really enjoyed this though, thank you.
NemiDragon 6 months ago
THANKS AGAIN 4 UPLOADING! 1 of my absolute favorite movies ever & i don't even own it on dvd?!?! Anyway, beautiful ending w/ 1 of my fav characters & fav couples. This movie will never get old!!! :)
TheCandymusiclover 6 months ago 2
What happened?
- She let me go. <3
ananilaya 6 months ago 4
Robin Wright and Michelle Pfeiffer are amazing actresses. Michelle is ethereally beautiful, like a painting. Robin can play The Princess Bride, Jenny Gump and white-trashy Starr all with ease and believability.
Why these two women have not received Oscars is a mystery.
DickieAnginson 6 months ago 2
what is the music at 2:09?
mauroo150 7 months ago
@mauroo150 It's call 'White Oleander' by the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Sounds a bit like the music from American Beauty I think.
Grantthechelseaboy 6 months ago
DAMN! That must be one expensive apartment..
lilsister2 7 months ago
Rare treat of cinema art. Thanks.
savingbeauty 7 months ago
a great movie.
godnlenora 8 months ago
that look her mother gives her as she's leaving the courthouse. i started sobbing.
boyslikegirlsthunder 8 months ago 4
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best movie i have ever seen.
amazing actors.
dogforever46 8 months ago
the ending always makes me miss my mother.
russianspiess 8 months ago 2
astrid and i grew up pretty much the same way so when i watch this movie it always makes me cry
MsSexualbeing 9 months ago 8
@MsSexualbeing that's why I like ur name.
vasilis83 7 months ago
... Sure, the movie is interesting, and Ingrid is just as stunning in the movie as she is in the book, but it utterly destroyed the order of events and the ending of the book. Hell, they skipped two foster homes which had a huge impact on Astrid's outlook on life and how she came to understand her mother’s choices in the past as well as the future. As a movie, it was stunning, loved it, but as a movie interpreting the book, it was utterly horrid.
SoInSane42 9 months ago 35
@SoInSane42 I agree with you. I read the book and the movie was nothing compared to it. I cannot believe they did not show the other two foster homes for they also made a great contrast to Astrid's experience with Claire.
letmehaveyou888 9 months ago 5
@SoInSane42 thank god u understand it could've been so much better if it stuck to the book!
MsNichii 7 months ago 2
@MsNichii i totally agree... the book is so much better, there are more elements to understand the whole story...
DamnedBanshee86 6 months ago
beauty at 1:45....... BEAUTIFUL
Deeds758 10 months ago
@Deeds758 too beautiful for prison, that's for sure.
downthestreetteam 10 months ago
3:59 LA PUTA DEL DIABLO lol
UmiXnoXuta 10 months ago
god michelle is so beautiful at 1:45. she is a natrural beauty that blows the girls half her age these days out of the water!
trishdadish82 11 months ago 2
This movie is so inspirational and moving. Its my favourite,and will always be.
MKacting4life 11 months ago 6
@MKacting4life it is? OK.
irshgrl500 11 months ago
FUCK! NOT AVAILABLE ON MOBILE!!!! -_-
miszg611 11 months ago
Wow... I forgot how much of an insult the movie is to the book... If anyone has read it ( I have now for the 3rd time) I'm sure they can understand my meaning.... Ugh...
GreenEyedBrat8606 11 months ago 3
Micelle Pheiffer is the prettiest actress I've ever seen.
JordanPAT 1 year ago
i hate the ending
pinkheart2388 1 year ago
@pinkheart2388 me too, but i love this movie and im a guy lol
SoCalxHeartbreaker 11 months ago
Paul's soo attractive.
kayandmak 1 year ago 3
Even so, I find myself thinking of her, wanting to feel that wind. It's a secret wanting, like a song I can't stop humming, or loving someone you can never have.
GirlxxInterrupted 1 year ago 77
i really liked this movie thanks for uploading :)
lincolnm01 1 year ago
though my mother never committed murder, we have had a similar volatile relationship. this movie is so wonderful, and so lovely. funny, my mother hates this movie, probably bc she secretly knows how selfish she is.
the book is so beautiful though, the metaphors/similes left images i cannot erase out of my mind.
tayloruppchuck 1 year ago
ugh so depressing
i need some disney or bollywood now -_-
TangySweet14 1 year ago 7
So beautiful. And as true to the book as they could have been with the time they had.
melonringluvr 1 year ago
so did the mom ever get out of jail?
DecaPierce 1 year ago
@DecaPierce
in the book she did.
urtwilightbuddy11 1 year ago
@urtwilightbuddy11 fuk yea,did the guy she kill deserve it?
DecaPierce 1 year ago
@DecaPierce
Not really...............he didn't do anything worthy of being murdered.
I truly believe her mother deserved to stay in jail for the rest of her life.
urtwilightbuddy11 1 year ago
@urtwilightbuddy11 No one deserves to be in jail......only hurt people hurt others. People deserve to make themselves anew......to forgive and love others.
JordanPAT 1 year ago
@JordanPAT Too many people refuse to believe they did anything wrong. Unless they understand that hurting others causes pain, and that humans are worth something, humans other than themselves, then jail is still a required punishment. The only humane one we have.
Masqueradia 1 year ago
@Masqueradia Therapy, rehabilitation is the only humane thing to do. Punishing people doesn't work, clearly. Just look at the world.......all attack is a cry for help.
JordanPAT 1 year ago
@JordanPAT I agree to disagree. Selfish people lie through therapy to get out. Then we have more cases like in LA where you have rap sheets three miles long and the people still running around free to continue to hurt others. You don't get "healed" unless you want it. Jail is for innocent's protection too.
Masqueradia 1 year ago
@DecaPierce Heres the thing, Ingrid was a sociopath, so even though he didnt do anything truly deserving of her killing him, in her mind it was all justified.
catseye664 1 year ago 2
the ending had me in tears but Ingrid sacrificed her life for her daughter, which i never wud have let my mother do
BIGGANGSTACHICK 1 year ago
This is one of the most amazing, saddest movies ever. Makes me wanna cry every time I see it.
SillyRamaBubbles 1 year ago
michelle totally did a great job being Ingrid.the story has been made lighter in the film.i go for the book..but this is good too.
missKeila1985 1 year ago
great
paolagianina23 1 year ago
Im just curious, does anyone think it's odd that a foster mother would go out of her way to make a 10 year old girl watch this? The Dept. of Human Services took my children for no reason whatsoever. They hounded my husband and I for four years and finally, the succeeded in taking them. In just 3months, the court will decide on permanent removal, and my husband and I feel like we're dying. I know there is no way that anyone reading my comment could believe me when I say "We truly did nothing...
78sEVEn78 1 year ago
@78sEVEn78 p2: nothing to warrant them being removed, but it is true. DHS/CPS is beyond corrupt, and we have no one to defend us. I get to talk to my children for 5 minutes each night, and I have one supervised visit per week. Last night, my daughter (who JUST turned 10 on 11-24-10, asked me if I had seen this movie. So here I am, just finished watching it and VERY upset that this foster mother showed this to my child. I am only 32, am I really so wrong for not wanting my 10yr. old girl to....
78sEVEn78 1 year ago
@78sEVEn78 to see this content? I guess I don't know why I am sharing this, for all and anyone to see? I'm crying out for someone to relate maybe. Our caseworker lies, falsifies monthly reports, and since my husband and I do not have good lawyers, we have no Advocate, no hope.....IS there anyone else out there who is being torn apart by dhs or cps WRONGFULLY? *All I can do is cry, in three months, my children will be gone forever. Will someone please pray for us? This is not like me to share.
78sEVEn78 1 year ago
@78sEVEn78 My heart goes out to you and your family. You will get them back one day. The bond between children and parents is eternal and forever, noone can keep them from you. I hope you get them back soon, but if not, they will find you or you will find them. If the love is there, you will always have your children and they will always have you. I know you will get to hold them again.
catseye664 1 year ago
one of the best movies i have ever seen <3
kcboo4 1 year ago
I love that movie!
hsseriesauthor 1 year ago
Stupid Movie.
Gibson299 1 year ago
@Gibson299 maybe if you had the ability to comprehend an insightful movie such as this, then you would think twice about calling this a stupid movie. i do believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You may argue about the message posed in the movie and even criticize its haunted portrayal of women; however, it is anything but stupid.
sheeshkabob555 1 year ago
loved this movie
unoanounda 1 year ago
aww man so disappointing though astrid was somewhat like i expected. Ingrid was perfect
KagendaK 1 year ago
The book was amazing! It was one of the most moving stories I have ever read about mothers and daughters, men and women and just how much women give up for the love of a man. The movie was good, but as usual most movies cannot truly capture the essence of a true literary masterpiece.
lisalight55x 1 year ago 4
fantastic movie....
sagarmatha07 1 year ago
This movie. Was wow.
XoxCrazyGymnastxoX 1 year ago
Michelle Pfeiffer Is So Beautiful
QueenBeyonceStan 1 year ago
@ 1:40 it looks like Astrid nonverbally says, "Mommy". Awww. So touching how they look at each other. And then her mom looks at her as if to say, "Mommy's here. It's going to be okay." Awwww. tears.
HotHotNewNew 1 year ago
"No matter how much she's damaged me. No matter how flawed she is, I know my mother loves me." LOVE IT. That is so me about my mom and oldest sister (motherly figure when she felt like it).
HotHotNewNew 1 year ago
Paul and Astrid <3 so cute. But anyway, I was a little disappointed with the movie. They cut out A LOT of stuff and twisted up a whole bunch of details which helped to contribute to the story's uniqueness. In my opinion they also failed with making the actress who plays Astrid look older as the movie progresses. Ingrid's aura also seemed to be slightly different than in the book.. a little less sharp? Or maybe that's just me. The way they made Ray look was also not very fitting. An okay movie.
SkidVixen 1 year ago 5
@SkidVixen Totally. If this movie was anything like the book, it would be the new Shawshank Redemption. But they want sooooo badly to make movies from books that they sacrifice what's important for what's going to make money.
atikker 1 year ago
i love this movie
opaisarten 1 year ago
LOOOVE IT!
aleruthrocks 1 year ago
perfect ending
TranzyMovies 1 year ago
And it's really bizarre, some of the details that are changed when a book is adapted to a movie. Like changing Astrid and Paul's place together from a crumbly old cold apartment in Germany into a spacious artist's loft in *New York*. What, like an American audience can't comprehend that anyplace exists outside the good ol US of A? Or they weren't imaginative enough to convey them finding home together in a dreary, shitty apartment in a foreign land? Really insulting, disappointing.
stellamaris347 1 year ago
@stellamaris347 I think it has more to do with the fact that she can find Paul's easier in New York and she would know the language to track him down. Also, the place she ends up really isn't the point, it is the journey it took to get there.
LexieCasteel 1 year ago 2
@stellamaris347I think the movie ending is more realistic. How are they going to get visas? You know you have to prove you can pay for any extremity yourself, with money in a bank account in your name, and that you have a job and a place to live lined up, with an employer who has to vouch for you. How are two teenage kids with no money, no friends, and not one word of German going to go about doing that? How are they even going to pay for the flight? I'd be more insulted by that scenario.
hopefullyjh 1 year ago
@hopefullyjh This might not add much to the argument, but Astrid is fluent in German. At least, her mother is, and we know how much Ingrid liked to educate her daughter. She and Paul are also both artists, and Astrid might have been able to establish connections with people her mother knew. She lived in Europe for a good chunk of her childhood. And Ingrid must have had some money to pass on to Astrid after being imprisoned.
RancidAppleProducts 2 months ago
ugh...sappy, shallow, crappy. To be expected, I suppose, when Hollywood attempts to render a rich, complex, authentic story into a neat, dumbed-down, feel-goody "life lesson" with only 90-120 minutes to work with, but plenty of makeup artists! Loved the novel, and think the actors did alright, considering the crappified script they had to work with, which basically took all the life out of the story.
stellamaris347 1 year ago
Really enjoyed this movie.
She's some times monotone but I think that just adds to the character. And the mother's personality is just so powerful and strong...
Overall a great movie, predictable but with a twist (if that makes sense)
elmersglue44 1 year ago
Michelle Pfieffer's best role by far.
happylilsunbeam 1 year ago
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Such a good movie.
kandyeyes17 1 year ago
I guess astrids mom has a flat iron in jail???
cutebutterfly09 1 year ago 101
@cutebutterfly09 thats what i was thinking threw out the whole movie hahaha XD
hell0jack1e 1 year ago
@cutebutterfly09 No some people have hair naturally that straight. my moms hair is exactly like ingrids. pin straight and long
trishdadish82 1 year ago
@cutebutterfly09 some people are BORN with that kind of hair so it is possible
joetoeb15 1 year ago
michelle is beautiful
joetoeb15 1 year ago
@cutebutterfly09 not necissarily(sp?) my mom had hair exactly like Ingrids back in the 80's. long down to her butt and pin straight.
trishdadish82 11 months ago
@cutebutterfly09 Or her hair's just naturally straight.
kayandmak 10 months ago 5
@cutebutterfly09 either that or one day she got japanese straightening...lol
dendara100 9 months ago
@cutebutterfly09 lmao
bluejaywaay 4 months ago
@cutebutterfly09 for court appearances they are allowed to make themselves presentable.
DCBowden91 4 months ago
i love the movie and i love the book .i think Ingrid is my favorite character out of all novels that i have read. She is so complicated and i really do get this sense that she is an artist inside and out. She is hauntingly beautiful and artistic.The first time ive seen it, i said, that woman is too beautiful to be in prison. But when i read the book, Michelle was able to embody what was written in the pages and in the same sense, she brought Ingrid alive. Only true actresses are able to do that.
chris79solon 1 year ago
really an awsome movie, i wish i knew before watching that there was a book, i am going to start looking for it tomorrow. pfeiffer should have gotten awards for this display is her besto work i think
marielyercolano 1 year ago 6
they left out major parts in this movie, like her foster home with marvel and her attahment to olivia, and her foster home with amelia and how she was starved, and most of all just how much she felt about everything, her adoration for her mothher in the beginning, her feelings for ray, just how much she loved claire, and the bond betwen her and yvonne
futureSAILORsoldier 1 year ago
@futureSAILORsoldier i agree they did leave a lot out. i think her relationship with ray should have been expanded, and in the end, don't astrid and Paul go to germany? i've gotta read that book again, it's definitely in my favourites! and it was still a decent film adaptation.
fvyughbuy 1 year ago
@futureSAILORsoldier dont forget about Sergei too. though it had ALOT of missing details dis movie was alright but the book is without a doubt way better
LOVERnot7aFIGHTER 1 year ago 2
is the mum in jail 4 life?
Roxychic1980 1 year ago
I really like this movie!
RochelleAliceDarwin 1 year ago 3
michelle pfieffer is SOOOO ridiculously beautiful. This movie is amazing and it makes me want to read the book.
Sweetiepie15652 1 year ago 4
amazing movie......absolutely amazing
jane126484 1 year ago
wow, i cried a lot with the ending. tomorrow i'm going to buy the book *happy*
asparagus91 1 year ago
One of my all time favorite movies. Beautiful !!
SaintAngelina 1 year ago
someonee explain this movie to mee
CupcakeAuslyn 1 year ago
@CupcakeAuslyn you have to read the book to understand. i didnt get it either till then
BolligCheryl 1 year ago
@CupcakeAuslyn
What is there not to get?
It is pretty straight forward.
FreezeeBitch 1 year ago
i cried with the ending
5138271 1 year ago
no matter how much she's damaged me, no matter how much she's flawed, I know my mother loves me
SuperModel969 1 year ago 3
i love the ending
smiggle185 1 year ago
I love the film ending more than I like the book ending. In this film, Ingrid does not make Astrid testify, thereby committing herself to serve the rest of her life sentence. But in the novel, though Ingrid still does not have Astrid testify, she wins her appeal anyway and is released from prison. The film made it seem as if Ingrid had made a major sacrifice, where as in the book she got what she wanted in the end regardless of Astrid's testimony.
shellecat89 1 year ago
I love that she ended up moving to New York with Paul after.. does anyone know if thats what happened in the book?
8000Rocks 1 year ago
@8000Rocks She ended up with Paul in the book, but I am thinking that they went to Paris, not New York.
shellecat89 1 year ago
@shellecat89 Yeah, 'cause it doesn't make much sense when she says "I know i'm not going back to that country". So it would have to Paris or something.
angelsky91502 1 year ago
@angelsky91502 I think she's saying this metaphorically :)
wolftear753 1 year ago
@angelsky91502 "That country" metaphorically refers to the foster homes she was in and out of. You obviously didn't listen to what she was saying when she was talking about the suitcases.
goldenarias 1 year ago
@goldenarias Yeah, I got that from wolftear753. Your comment is unnecessary :).
angelsky91502 1 year ago
@shellecat89 It was Berlin, Germany
sabrinakhan22 1 year ago
great moovie...my fav : )
i'll read the book too!
laurafoldi7 1 year ago
i have the blue suitcase that resembles her mother. :)
it's not decorated like that, obviously.
carolunt 1 year ago
1:44 she is soooo beautiful..
urnext2 1 year ago 3
Hey I just finished watching the movie. Thank you so much for uploading it, I really appreciate the effort. Have a beautiful day and if I can repay you somehow let me know.
Fuerzatriplea 1 year ago 7
The art she does with the suitcases is really clever and it's a beautifull way to describe the things she passed through and the situations that affected her life!
I know they can't include all the details of the book in the movie but I'd like Astrid to had the wooden jewebox Ray gave her in the book...I'd be nice at the last scene with the siutcases... :)
wolftear753 1 year ago
eh i like the book better, this movie doesnt have much detail like other movies based on books.
ChococatRox 1 year ago
awesome ending ..awesome movie
leecass 1 year ago
This movie is one of my favorites. I, being of artistic nature, enjoy it very much so. It has so much deep, 'out-of-the-box' meaning within it. Ace!
Alaydenify 1 year ago
epic ending
bsubassbaby2 1 year ago
thanks for uploading this. this is only the second time iv seen it.
the first time i saw this i was moved by it and had to see it again.
thnx man really :)
bigfukinbez 1 year ago
This movie gives me the chills. It's so amazing.
x3ashlynnrachelle 1 year ago
This is a beautiful movie! I really like it. And the credit music is awesome!
WithAVoiceOfAnAngel3 1 year ago
She had a chance to pretty much get away with everything if she had let her daughter testify. Wow.
WithAVoiceOfAnAngel3 1 year ago
@WithAVoiceOfAnAngel3 in da book her mom got out of prison
gidgetgoes1128 1 year ago
@gidgetgoes1128 she did in this one too, on the front of the paper she was standing infront of the prison bars!
hello10577 1 year ago
there is nothing you can do to alison's hair that makes her look ugly.
FMLdoodez 1 year ago 70
What's the song that comes out at the credits? I LURVE this movie. One of the most underrated movies ever, it should have been bigger.
munchkin0518 1 year ago
@munchkin0518 Song: 'Safe and Sound' - Sheryl Crow.
Matthweus127 1 year ago
LAME!!! They totally screwed up the ending!!! Book was better as usual. Movies always mess up the story.
EvangeliumDiSilenti 1 year ago
That last look Ingrid gave Astrid was just amazing.
forblueskies274 1 year ago 4
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omg i loved this movie soo much i started to cry.x
overtherainbowD 1 year ago
The book was soooooooo much better than the movie. I felt that it left so much important information out.
PaintItBlackMarilyn 1 year ago
@PaintItBlackMarilyn a movie can take forever to read, putting it all in a two hour film is impossible so making a movie live up to the book is very hard. thats why they always say "inspired by'" or "based on" instead of "taken from" etc.
FMLdoodez 1 year ago
thank god patrick cut his hair in the end! XD
thetypomasturXD 1 year ago 2
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beautiful.
lindaxgore 1 year ago
love this movie thanks for putin it on here
tbug41597 1 year ago
Ingrid/Michelle Pheiffer is so incredibly beautiful in this movie! I love her eyes and long hair. One of my fave movies. :)
daashadow1 1 year ago 3
thanks for posting this movie!!!
HannahHeartStruck 1 year ago
Im a book avid book reader, and i find that many movies are just long previews to the book,
Scince i seen this movie ive been wanting to know the whole story, does anyone know where i can get the book?
ShilohCorsette 1 year ago
@ShilohCorsette google shop it. Or amazon. It's by Janet Fitch. So you could go to your local bookstore and ask them to order it.
HannahHeartStruck 1 year ago
"beautiful.dangerous.proud."
i love hearing her say this line!
reverse342 1 year ago 5
I did this monologue for my school drama club when we had to bring one in. It's one of my favorites :)
TheLostGirls68 1 year ago
Michelle Pfeiffer is definitely my favourite actress......she's an incredibly beautiful and intelligent actress
JordanPAT 1 year ago
GO Ingrid! Fuck Astrid!
KakashiTheFirst 1 year ago
When you read the book, the way Janet described Ingrid, Michelle brought to life, down to the way Michelle spoke as Ingrid, the tone of her voice...Michelle really did so great in Ingrid...If the award winning body read the book, they would definitely give Michelle the best actress award...She embodied the character too much
chris79solon 1 year ago 3
the book was so AMAZING!.the problem with the movie is its too light..i understand why they have to do it though, the book is too dark to be made into a movie.i personally have to put down the book at times because it got to me too much,.,But the good thing about the movie is, all the actresses and actors playing the characters did a superb job in making the characters from the book a live. I especially love Michelle here.
chris79solon 1 year ago 3
So Im probably gonna fail my botany final but totally worth it, Im glad I watched this movie.
EMSqueen88 1 year ago 4
@EMSqueen88 haha, I'm going to fail my chem 2 final, but it was worth it for me too!
jenesaisquai 1 year ago
@EMSqueen88 =)
ZiyadaBalashka 1 year ago