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Tadpole

2002 · 79 min

A breezy, witty charmer that skims over its taboo premise with light comedy and a brisk, talky pace.

Directed by
Gary Winick
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
Everyone says he should date girls his own age. Oscar respectfully disagrees.
Overview
Beautiful, sophisticated women are all over Oscar Grubman. He is sensitive and compassionate, speaks French fluently, is passionate about Voltaire, and thinks the feature that tells the most about a woman is her hands. On the train home from Chauncey Academy for the Thanksgiving weekend, Oscar confides in his best friend that he has plans for this vacation--he will win the heart of his true love. But there is one major problem--Oscar's true love is his stepmother Eve.

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Directed by
Gary Winick
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • identity
  • family
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Gary Winick
Written by
Heather McGowan, Niels Mueller
Starring
Aaron Stanford, Sigourney Weaver, John Ritter, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Iler, Adam LeFevre, Peter Appel, Alicia Van Couvering
Music
Renaud Pion
Cinematography
Hubert Taczanowski
Runtime
79 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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