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NUMBERS
Box Office: $2,882,062
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CONSENSUS
Slight, but good-natured and witty.
CAST & CREW
Sigourney Weaver, Aaron Stanford, Bebe Neuwirth
Directed by Gary Winick
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SYNOPSIS
Fifteen-year-old Chauncey Prep student Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) feels that girls his own age haven't lived enough, which is why he's coming home to Manhattan's Upper East Side for Thanksgiving to profess his love to his stepmother, Eve (Sigourney Weaver)--whose marriage to his professor father (John Ritter) has become routine and uninspiring. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, sexual content, mature thematic elements, and language
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jul 19, 2002
Video: Jan 21, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Miramax Films
GENRE
Dramas, Coming Of Age, Family Life, New York City, High School Students
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Tadpole Site
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 "Despite a performance of sustained intelligence from Stanford and another of subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth, as an older woman who seduces Oscar, the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and its off"
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
 "A real step forward for the digital video revolution."
-- Ron Wells, FILM THREAT
"Smart and fun, but far more witty than it is wise."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
"Its direction, its script, and Weaver's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes, if that's what you're in the mood for."
-- Richard C. Walls, ORLANDO WEEKLY
"While this is no Harold and Maude -- one of the best films about an older woman and younger man -- Tadpole has an irresistible charm."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"If you can get past the taboo subject matter, it will be well worth your time."
-- Derek Tse, JAM! MOVIES
"The Sundance Film Festival has become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon Utah each January to ferret out The Next Great Thing. 'Tadpole' was one of the films so declared this year, but it's really more of The Next Pretty Good Thing."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are...an amusing little catch."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Stuffy, full of itself, morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about."
-- Collin Souter, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"Based on a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller, the film gets great laughs, but never at the expense of its characters"
-- Vanessa Sibbald, ZAP2IT.COM
"OK arthouse. The power of this script, and the performances that come with it, is that the whole damned thing didn't get our moral hackles up."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"What begins as a film in the tradition of The Graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant."
-- Shaun Sages, MOVIE NAVIGATOR
"Do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman doesn’t work?"
-- Audrey Rock-Richardson, TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN (UTAH)
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"This often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal."
-- Jeffrey Wachs, REEL.COM
"Tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling, and downright creepy, subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"A delightful coming-of-age story."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"Overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances."
-- Luke Y. Thompson, NEW TIMES
"smart, funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty, just-above-average off- Broadway play."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Short and sweet, but also more than anything else slight… Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"This one is strictly a lightweight escapist film."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"If you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters; this one is for you."
-- Paul Salfen, SUPERCALA.COM
"A low-budget affair, Tadpole was shot on digital video, and the images often look smeary and blurry, to the point of distraction. Then again, in a better movie, you might not have noticed."
-- Rene Rodriguez, MIAMI HERALD
"[An] hilarious romantic comedy."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
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Avg. Rating: 6.6/10 |
"A wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women."
-- Stephanie Zacharek, SALON.COM
"[Stanford] deftly switches between Oscar's self-assigned roles -- the charming raconteur for Eve, the aloof aesthete for everyone else -- while Neuwirth radiates a saucy, infectious giddiness."
-- Jessica Winter, VILLAGE VOICE
"Tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films: Young is cool, and too young is too cool."
-- Bruce Westbrook, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"It's fun, wispy, wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom."
-- Chris Vognar, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Tadpole may be small, but it's something special -- a cheeky comedy knockout."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"Tadpole is a sophisticated, funny and good-natured treat, slight but a pleasure."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"A sparkling cosmopolitan comedy that plays fast and loose with sacred cows of family values."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"Most folks with a real stake in the American sexual landscape will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"The surprise of this short and inexpensively made indie (originally shot on digital video) is its authority and good cheer."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"On this tricky topic, Tadpole is very much a step in the right direction, with its blend of frankness, civility and compassion."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
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"The film might have been more satisfying if it had, in fact, been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles."
-- John J. Puccio, DVDTOWN.COM
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