'Manny & Lo' (R)

11-year-old Manny and her petulant, jaded 16-year-old sister Lo are orphaned sisters on the lam from various foster homes. They lead a nomadic, predatory existence, sleeping in empty showcase houses, stealing food and always cacknowledge trouble until its too late, discovers that a recent liaison has left her pregnant.

Critics' Corner
Rita Kempley - Style section, "A fairly routine feminist fable." Desson Howe - Weekend section, "The movie seems muted and flat."
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Scene from this movie 11-year-old Manny and her petulant, jaded 16-year-old sister Lo are orphaned sisters on the lam from various foster homes. They lead a nomadic, predatory existence, sleeping in empty showcase houses, stealing food and always cacknowledge trouble until it’s too late, discovers that a recent liaison has left her pregnant.

Too advanced to have an abortion, she apprehends Elaine, a fussy, nurse-like clerk at a baby supply store, then takes her hostage to a vacant winter house. Elaine, forced at gunpoint to be Lo’s surrogate mother, becomes a voluntary helper. -- Desson Howe
Rated R

Director:Lisa Krueger
Cast:Scarlett Johansson; Aleksa Palladino; Mary Kay Place

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