Tadpole

"Everyone says he should date girls his own age. Oscar respectfully disagrees."

2002 1h 19m EN

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5.7

MID

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77%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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6.1

IMDB

★5.7TMDB · 108🍅77%Rotten Tomatoes●71Metacritic★6.1IMDB · 6,394

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Everyone says he should date girls his own age. Oscar respectfully disagrees.”

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Cast

Aaron Stanford
Oscar Grubman
Sigourney Weaver
Eve Grubman
John Ritter
Stanley Grubman
Bebe Neuwirth
Diane Lodder
Robert Iler
Charlie
Adam LeFevre
Phil
Peter Appel
Jimmy - Doorman
Alicia Van Couvering
Daphne Tisch

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gary Winick
Writers: Gary Winick, Niels Mueller, Heather McGowan
Languages: English, French
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $3M — a 19.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gary Winick, shot by Hubert Taczanowski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Renaud Pion. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Susan Littenberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gary Winick directs. Hubert Taczanowski behind the camera. Renaud Pion scores. Susan Littenberg cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Grossed $3M — a 19.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
4Released 24 years ago.
5Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
6Directed by Gary Winick, shot by Hubert Taczanowski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Renaud Pion. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Susan Littenberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Aaron Stanford and Sigourney Weaver and John Ritter carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Everyone says he should date girls his own age. Oscar respectfully disagrees.".
11IMDB entry: tt0271219 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.