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Summary:
The true story of one woman's effort to keep her family afloat under difficult circumstances comes to the screen in this bittersweet comedy drama. Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) was a woman of intelligence, talent, and pluck living in the small town of Defiance, OH, in the 1950s. Evelyn was married to Kelly Ryan (Woody Harrelson), a man who gave her ten children but not m... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Julianne Moore - (Evelyn Ryan)
Woody Harrelson - (Kelly Ryan)
Laura Dern - (Dortha Schaefer)
Trevor Morgan - (Bruce Ryan at 16)
Ellary Porterfield - (Tuff Ryan at 13-18)
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Review:
Of all the roles Julianne Moore plays well, she excels most at bringing new dimension to the housewife with unfulfilled yearnings. That's definitely the case with Jane Anderson's The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, the involving true story of an educated mother who tries to support her spouse and ten children by winning contests to write c... Continue >>

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