PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO, THE (director/writer: Jane
Anderson; screenwriter: based on the memoir "The Prize Winner of
Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or
Less" by Terry Ryan; cinematographer: Jonathan Freeman; editor:
Robert Dalva; music: John Frizzell; cast: Julianne Moore (Evelyn
Ryan), Woody Harrelson (Kelly Ryan), Laura Dern (Dortha), Ellary
Porterfield (Tuff Ryan); Runtime: 99; MPAA Rating: PG-13;
producers: Jack Rapke/Steve Starkey/Robert Zemeckis; DreamWorks
SKG; 2005)  "The script just dulls out."  Reviewed by Dennis
Schwartz  This bittersweet comedy drama derived from a true
story of one woman's effort to keep her family afloat under
difficult circumstances is directed and written by Jane
Anderson, in her movie directorial debut. It's based on the
memoir "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised
10 Kids on 25 Words or Less" by Terry Ryan.  Julianne Moore
plays with relish the chipper Evelyn Ryan, the Defiance, Ohio
mother of ten children, the alter ego of