Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars and noted ``The movie's interest is not in the plot, which is episodic and 'colorful,' but in the performances. Sarandon bravely makes Adele into a person who is borderline insufferable. Sarandon's role is trickier and more difficult, but Portman's will get the attention. In 'Anywhere But Here,' _she_ gets yanked along by her out of control mother, and her best scenes are when she fights back, not emotionally, but with incisive observations.'' <sep>, Pronoun: she <sep>, A: Sarandon <sep>, B: Portman