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Coming-of-age story about a suave 15-year-old prep school student who falls in love with his stepmother. When her best friend responds to his advances, he suddenly finds himself in way over ... Read allComing-of-age story about a suave 15-year-old prep school student who falls in love with his stepmother. When her best friend responds to his advances, he suddenly finds himself in way over his head.Coming-of-age story about a suave 15-year-old prep school student who falls in love with his stepmother. When her best friend responds to his advances, he suddenly finds himself in way over his head.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations
Michael Connors
- Man in Bar
- (as Michael W. Connors)
Danielle Di Vecchio
- Mrs. Smith
- (as Danielle Divecchio)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring various unused takes, local residents Jerry Seinfeld, Joel Coen and Frances McDormand happened to wander through the frame.
- GoofsWhen Eve and Oscar are playing tennis, Oscar calls the score as "15-30", and then serves the ball to the left side of the court. It should have been served to the right side.
- Quotes
Charlie: So, you're going to dinner with both of them? The girl you like and the girl you slept with?
Oscar Grubman: Yeah, my dad's coming too.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits break apart during Oscar's train ride to New York.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Side by Side (2012)
- SoundtracksMénilmontant
Music by Charles Trenet
Lyrics by Charles Trenet
Performed by Charles Trenet
Courtesy of Arkadia Chansons, by arrangement with Position Soundtrack Services
Featured review
Only a Reasonable Entertainment
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 is French and lives in France. Oscar is very precocious, cultured, polyglot and loves poetry, and he finds the girls of his age very silly, feeling a great attraction for older women. Oscar has a crush on his stepmother. However, her forty and something years best friend Diane Lodder (Bebe Neuwirth) has an affair with Oscar, and he becomes quite confused with this new situation. "Tadpole" is a reasonable comedy only, having some funny situations, but never reaching a target, having a terrible conclusion. When the viewer finishes watching the film, he will certainly ask: -What is the point? Further, in accordance with the information in IMDb, Aaron Stanford was born in 1977. Therefore, he was completely miscast, being twenty-five years old and pretending he is fifteen. Further, he is not charismatic as his character would require. John Ritter is a reasonable actor, but looks very snob in the role of a history professor of Columbia. Sigourney Weaver is lost, in a character who is neither "Mrs. Robinson" nor an example of a faithful wife. The best parts of the story belong to Bebe Neuwirth, who is amazingly funny and makes the film worth, together with its soundtrack. In summary, "Tadpole" is a forgettable entertainment, recommended for killing time. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Um Jovem Sedutor" ("A Young Seducer")
Title (Brazil): "Um Jovem Sedutor" ("A Young Seducer")
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Ловелас
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $150,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,891,288
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $80,682
- Jul 21, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $3,200,241
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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