"Pfeiffer took on the role of a murderous artist, named Ingrid Magnussen, in the drama "White Oleander" (2002), with Alison Lohman (in her film début), Renée Zellweger and Robin Wright.The film was an arthouse success and Pfeiffer garnered a substantial amount of critical praise; Stephen Holden of "The New York Times" wrote that "Ms. Pfeiffer, giving the most complex screen performance of her career, makes her Olympian seductress at once irresistible and diabolical."