Tadpole

I would give this movie a lower rating if I weren't open to cerebral, NYC upper-class intellectual tales. I think the lower ratings may be given by some reviewers who are more attracted to a farcical coming-of-age movie like Risky... Full review

Just caught this on IFC. Poster mwyarbrough thinks those who have a problem with "Tadpole" don't get it: "Because he is very intelligent, Oscar makes the classic adolescent mistake of overestimating his own maturity..." The problem with this assessment is... Full review

When I first seen tadpole,I think it will be a good movie and I've seen it at the theaters last summer.I was completely touched when diana gets to kiss oscar and I think he's very lucky to kiss an older woman... Full review

When I first seen tadpole,I think it will be a good movie and I've seen it at the theaters last summer.I was completely touched when diana gets to kiss oscar and I think he's very lucky to kiss an older woman... Full review

Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) is a fifteen years old French student, who lives in USA, and spends the Thanksgiving with his father Stanley Grubman (John Ritter) and his stepmother Eve (Sigourney Weaver) in their apartment in New York. His mother... Full review

Oscar Grubman is a `40 year-old trapped in a 15 year-old's body,' a bright prep school sophomore who prefers Voltaire and Henry Miller to icons of pop culture and more `seasoned' women to girls his own age. The problem is... Full review

I'm perplexed by the number of people who seem to miss the crucial element of this film: that Oscar is not as mature as he thinks he is. His "love" for Eve doesn't feel real to the viewer because it's... Full review

I don't understand the attacks that have been made on this film - not just on this site, but elsewhere on the web.There are a few holes in the script, and the whole things is less substantial than a soap... Full review

I've read some other comments about the poor film quality/picture quality of this low-budget, quickly done fairly short (77 minutes) film. Frankly, I'd rather watch Tadpole ten times than sit through the horribly boring technically beautiful special effects of either... Full review

Oscar Grubman (newcomer Aaron Stanford, who is really about 25 years old) is a precocious high school sophomore. *Really* precocious. He regularly speaks French in his normal life, and seems to always be reading Voltaire (the one liners seen throughout... Full review

Shot in 14 days with a hand-held digital camera, Tadpole bubbles with energy and charm. The situations are beautifully set up and played out to perfection. ... Full Review

Even so, it's more diverting than many movies that spend more than Tadpole 's entire budget on a single special-effects scene. Tadpole was produced for under $1 million, then bought by Miramax for $6 million after a rousing run at Sundance. ... Full Review

To sum up, Tadpole is an enjoyable, frequently hilarious comedy and theres enough here to warrant the eager anticipation of Winicks next project. As for Stanford, hes excellent in his debut (despite playing a good six years younger than his age) and his performances here and in X-Men 2 suggest imminent Next Big Thing status. ... Full Review

The film might have been more satisfying....There's not much to criticize one way or another about this 2002 independent movie, "Tadpole....Fortunately, the film has no glaring defects (except in its audiovisual execution) to speak of.....by the supporting players like John Ritter as Oscar's befuddled, college professor dad and Robert Iler as Oscar's best friend, Charlie, is uniformly excellent..... ... Full Review

There, however, the films' similarities end, Waters going mainly for satire while director Gary Winick's "Tadpole" remains firmly grounded in a more realistic slice of life. The film might have been more satisfying if it had, in fact, been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles. ... Full Review

MovieMaker Staff | Published July 18, 2007 Five years ago today, Tadpole was released in New York and Los Angeles. The independent feature was written by Niels Mueller ( The Assassination of Richard Nixon ) and Heather McGowan, with Gary... ... Full Article

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The 10th annual Raindance Film Festival, which focuses on independent cinema, opens in London on Wednesday. More than 70 features and 200 shorts from 22 countries will be screened during the 10-day festival, while special events, workshops and seminars will... ... Full Article

TADPOLE: Comedy. Starring Aaron Stanford, Sigourney Weaver, Bebe Neuwirth and John Ritter. Directed by Gary Winick. (PG-13. 77 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. ) "Tadpole" was a big hit at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and it's easy to see ... Full Article

Jul 24, 2002 | "Tadpole" is an ostensibly sweet little picture about a 15-year-old prep school kid, fluent in French and a fan of Voltaire, who's so sensitive he prefers older women to younger ones. ... Full Article

Oscar (Aaron Stanton) and his Objet damour, Eve (Sigourney Weaver), chat about possibilities, in Tadpole As coming-of-age stories go, Tadpole is brief and to the point. ... Full Article