Released 1996
Stars Mary Kay Place, Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino
Directed by Lisa Krueger

Amanda and Laurel's mother left them long ago to the care of foster homes, but now they're on the lam, and they could use some advice. "What would Mom tell us?'' asks Manny. "Depends,'' says Lo. "Is she drunk or stoned?'' Lo, who is 16, has just run away from one foster home and taken her 11-year-old sister from another. This is not even remotely a "Thelma & Louise''-type saga about two women on the run, but a much different kind of story, about two girls who need a mother--and maybe about an older woman who needs two girls. Only after "Manny and Lo'' is over do we really understand what it's about.

Summary by Roger Ebert