Anywhere but Here

Anywhere but Here

1999 · 114 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.1 (251 votes)
Dir. Wayne Wang · Starring Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Hart Bochner, Eileen Ryan, Ray Baker, John Diehl · Music Danny Elfman

A story of a mother who knows best... and a daughter who knows better.

DramaComedyRomance

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.

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A poignant, often funny, look at a mother and daughter navigating the messy terrain of dreams and reality. It captures the bittersweet ache of growing up and the complicated love between a parent and child chasing an uncertain future.

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