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Show Page C12 THE DAILY HERALD, (wwJiefldextra.com), Provo, Utah, Friday, November 12, 1999 ON SALE TOMORROW 9am! A on JL fa,-- 1 I Y'i A ,iKrl S : 1 . rJ , ' . i -- i; '.briber A f I ill U ;u II Acting succeeds in : 'Anywhere but Here'. 10,u1J (2sK5ws)( Abravanel Hall Ticfe at the Abravabel Ha3, A' The Daily Herald , ArtTK355-ART- $ ARTS or fil-- f ifalSsriay box office hour! 9arr7prn, tciaKundav hours Nolr. 14 6Wv ' ; v "Anywhere but Here is a ; movie about a teen-ag- e girl who has to help her mom grow up. Films in which the parent is more irresponsible than the child have been done before, but this one manages to seem -- sf : 10am-4p- m fresh and For group of .10 or mors, caU 801-35522- ago. Watch her lose her extended family and friends. Watch her get more and mote desperate for understanding'.. culminating in a love scene .. with a boy named Peter (Corbin Allred) that is at once awkward, hilarious and By ERIC D. SNIDER 'BoxOfO or by calling reeV-8884- v A 1 n't em I JI LOREY SEBASTlANTvKutieth Cealury ha Mother and daughter; Natalie Portman, right, and Susan Sarandorci star in the film 'Anywhere but Here . poignant. In fact, that's the whole ; movie: funny one minute, rnalj;-- ; ing you cry right along with real- rwq$ istic, thanks to earnest and I Tj! 00 " ' Ann the next; the Sarandon does wonders with her character, too, though she is not quite as fleshed-ouf- j as Ann. Adele, despite being flighty, impulsive and irra- tional, never seems like a vij--; lain who is ruining her daugh; ter's life. Certain incidents that point up her own as well as her love.; for her daughter, make her nearly as sympathetic as Ao& "Anywhere but Here" is' almost perfect, but not quit&!4 There is little sense of time '.. when the film opens, as Adele dresses out of style and their ' car is old. (We eventually out we're in the '90s.) An.4l the bittersweet ending doesnJj seem quite right. Ann has been stripped down to noth ing, emotionally, and we expect she will be rebuilt, bui the final scenes don't necea-- 3 sarily indicate that. ;JrW 04.;il it.- - ei iuk mui us warm aiiu ouu, wonderful, relying on the strengths of its powerful actresses. often-cryin- g m JI genuine per- p" formances fcfcHi-l- i.l.wJti from Natalie Portman as the Ann, and Susan Sarandon as her ; teen-age- I. .1 1 Q.'1- 1 Lr V State. Unfversitf JJt,; Box Office tickets at the & - Spectrum the Taggart Student Center or by coiling , 4 or For groups of 10 or more, call 435-797-03- 05 jQTiiifo Online: Magiewrks.comslc mmo MIIC'IIMP r n Lahsino Surf and Sporr Every I 4 3 Jean What: Elise West in concert When: 5 p.m. Sunday. Where: Springville Art Museum.. Cost: Free. Local pianist to give free show Sunday I Hoed The Daily Herald 28.99 pianist and composer Elise West will perform her original works Sunday at the Springville Art Museum in a free concert. West, an Orem native, hSSii been voted in some polls asd Utah's top female solo former and was selected as3 featured artist in the UnitetTT Artist Theaters Showcase jfi gram in 1998. She has performed at Caesar's Palace in Las Vega- swith artists like Wynonna Judd and Gladys Knight , She has released two CDsV "Harvest" and "Simplicity,' and has done numerous beSSS ': fit concerts. f' he is a very sensitive innovative composer and former," Local musician Kuii Bestor said of West. "Hei- &Sg piano stylings take the listSS! er to a softer, quieter Diaceji- this world of cell phones aiS fax machines, it's a welcota j. SPRINGVILLE tfgfc per-SZ- 3 HiRduir zipper ) New v 27.99 , in. lo $64 AA i t'A &2 3 -- as I ft? e for infrequent profanity, some sexual dialogic one scene of mild sexuality. 00 Beg. stars Rated PG-1- ioSioch- Sole Prices II , fig-ur- - MGreor M- mom, Adele. The movie starts with the two of them driving from Wisconsin to Beverly Hills. Adele, dressed too young for her age and full of blind optimism, I wants to get out of the dead-en- d town" she grew up in, and she's taking her daughter with her. (Seems mom wants her girl to be an actress, though Ann herself has no such ambitions.) Adele gets a job in the Los Angeles School District, and Ann tries in vain to adjust to life away from everything she's ever known. She alternately hates her mother and gets along with her, all the while struggling to find something stable in life to hold onto. Portman's performance is wrenching and powerful, as one by one Ann's chances for a "normal" life slip away. Watch her search for her father, who ' abandoned the family years 15 KSL r, 24.99 Hids f-Y- . - I r; a VI 1 fBaWr 78J Jp J , wiwf L't""tL",Sii i i.iim..t. i Sava Koii! end LsiiSiiiaij for Hie Koiidoqs! iiiwh iw-ia- 4- 4f 11 - PQQRt! |
