Tadpole
by Gary Winick
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Actor: Aaron Stanford, Kate Mara, Peter Appel, Robert Iler, Sigourney WeaverDirector: Gary Winick
Brand: STANFORD,AARON
Writer: Gary Winick
Producer: Alexis Alexanian
Producer: Caroline Kaplan
Producer: Celeste Peterka
Producer: Dolly Hall
Writer: Heather McGowan
Writer: Niels Mueller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Tadpole
Movie Review: cultural decay: lack of morals or manners but plenty of culture
Summary: 2 Stars
For me it was kind of sick with two 40 year old
women making over a dopey 14 year old.
They all deserve a good talking to about
their morals and manners?
Just a very ugly attempt at humor or coming of age.
I pretty much hated it.
Summary of Tadpole
Sigourney Weaver (HEARTBREAKERS, GALAXY QUEST), John Ritter (SLING BLADE), and Bebe Neuwirth (LIBERTY HEIGHTS, THE FACULTY, TV's CHEERS) lead an outstanding cast of stars in a seductively irreverent coming-of-age comedy that critics absolutely adored. Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford -- TV's THIRD WATCH) is no ordinary 15-year-old. He's suave, smart, cultured and has one thing on his mind: older women! But be careful what you wish for, Oscar! When a sexy 40-something friend of the family (Neuwirth) actually takes Oscar up on his infatuation, he suddenly finds himself in way over his head! Winner of the Director's Award and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival -- you won't believe how the sophisticated fun takes off ... as the romantic complications pile up!A clever tale of a young man infatuated with an older woman, featuring a brilliant comic performance by the wonderful Bebe Neuwirth. Tadpole is the childhood nickname of Oscar (Aaron Stanford), a precocious 15-year-old who disdains girls his own age and nurses an infatuation for his 40-something stepmother, Eve (Sigourney Weaver). But while home from school for Thanksgiving, Oscar gets drunk and falls in bed with Eve's best friend, Diane (Neuwirth), leading to a series of painfully funny scenes in which Oscar fears revelation while trying, desperately, to woo Eve. Tadpole isn't a great movie--the strong script is undercut by flat, unimaginative direction--but every scene with Neuwirth flares into high comedy. She doesn't even have to speak; a sardonic glance from Diane sends Oscar spinning into panic, and Neuwirth handles the part with delicious feline malice. Also featuring John Ritter as Oscar's academic father. --Bret Fetzer
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