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...trainer and nagging mother figure. The mother part comes from the coach program, which pairs every newcomer with a successful veteran. Although I was 238th in line for a coach when I signed up, my first e-mail from Sheri arrived within minutes. Sheri is a stay-at-home mom in Washington State who lost 38 lbs. in 18 weeks. She answered every question and torpedoed every whiny excuse with e-mails packed with exclamation marks...
...whose niceness develops under the impress of bloody, quick-cut, morally weightless mayhem. The movie means to be chic and hip, a compendium of all the latest visual mannerisms. Mostly it demonstrates how quickly they deteriorate into distancing cliches. Courteney Cox is good as a sexy, hard-pressed single mom, but she alone can't redeem the prevailing stupidity...
...Elizabeth Strout's novel, might never have aired without Winfrey's name. That may be why the film ramps up the melodrama; between the moody imagery and eerie music, you'd think you were watching a '70s horror flick. But the understated leads shine. Elisabeth Shue brings out mom Isabelle's repression without turning her into a mere set of conventions; Hanna Hall plays Amy with a subtle concupiscence that recalls her previous movie, The Virgin Suicides. Amy's adapters should rent it sometime...
...Together, but not with each other--Mom, you went to college too long ago. Trust me, it's perfectly...
...Mom, I never lose control. I go to Harvard...