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Amanda (Scarlett Johansson) and Laurel (Aleksa Palladino), according to convention hereafter referred to as "Manny" and "Lo," survive through shoplifting, house-breaking-and-sleeping-in, and the liberal use of their deceased mother's station wagon. When Lo gets undeniably pregnant, the spunky pair adds a bigger crime to their misdemeanors and kidnap a staid ex-nurse (Mary Kay Place) incongruously behind the counter at one of those sickeningly precious baby supplies stores. They then hole up at an abandoned country house. Barring some frenzied running around at the end, most of the film takes place there amidst woodsy surroundings...
Thereafter, things very gradually slide downhill, except for the introduction of Elaine, the ex-nurse and one or two other details. The polite reason to give would be that Johansson and Palladino play their characters a little too thoroughly...
...portraits of difficult development in childhood, at two stages, one on the cusp of adolescence, the other in the throes of it: then we find ourselves more interested in the motivations and reasons behind each character's current state, more so than her actions. Or are Johansson and Palladino just stuck in their respective modes, with Palladino especially mixing playacting with the over-acting of adolescent histrionics...
...gaffes, however, including issuing a premature denial that Clinton had ever used cocaine -- answering the question before it was even asked. During the spring and summer of 1992, she coined the unseemly phrase "bimbo eruptions" to describe the targets of her work. Wright hired San Francisco private detective Jack Palladino at a reported cost of more than $100,000 to investigate women who were making claims about relationships with Clinton. So protective of Clinton was Wright during the campaign that other top campaign officials were offended by her proprietary attitude. Her campaign style was abrasive and included dervish-like activity...
...meter run1. M. Palladino, Yale, 2:25; 2. T. Benitez, Army, 2:25; 3. D. Ginsberg, Penn...