Tadpole Movie Review 2002

You know you've hit a chord when your movie's title has been adopted as a verb (tadpoling) for the trend of older women cruising younger men. Precocious, prep-schooler Oscar Grubman (Stanford) comes home to Manhattan to spend the holidays with his remarried dad (Ritter) and his new stepmom (Weaver), on whom he promptly develops a crush. Soon the unrequited love for his new mum, the aptly named Eve, is soothed instead by her cradle-robbing best friend (a show-stealing Neuwirth). Stanford shines, even through the drab digital camerawork, in this witty, new millennium "Graduate."

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 77 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, New York, New York, Stepparents, Teen Angst, The First Time, Thanksgiving, Prep School, Unhappy Meals

Screenplay

Heather McGowan, Niels Mueller

Cast

Aaron Stanford, Sigourney Weaver, John Ritter, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Iler, Peter Appel, Adam LeFevre

Cinematography

Hubert Taczanowski

Director

Gary Winick

Other

William Cozy, Susan Littenberg, Sara Parks, Suzanne Schwarzer, Anthony Gasparro