Tadpole
Miramax Films | Release Date: July 19, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
Chicago ReaderJoshua Rothkopf
Both Stanford and Neuwirth are excellent in tricky parts, yet screenwriters Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller abruptly end the story just as the characters are arriving at some uncomfortable showdowns. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The witty coming-of-age film is marred by an uneven, digitally shot look, a disservice to its first-rate cast. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Written in wisps and watery double-entendres by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller, and the movie is so benign that its proceedings are beside the point. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I praised "Lovely & Amazing," which also features a romance between an adult woman and a teenage boy. But "Lovely & Amazing" is about events that happen in a plausible world (the adult is actually arrested). Tadpole wants only to be a low-rent "Graduate" clone. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
The big problem with it is that the setup is treated as just that, a scheme around which many things that are intended to be funny (but aren't very) are packed like ice around a fish. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Tadpole was shot on digital video, and the images often look smeary and blurry, to the point of distraction. Then again, in a better movie, you might not have noticed. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
This breezy romantic trifle isn't nearly as clever as it imagines itself to be, but it's smart enough not to take itself too seriously. Read full review
40
TimeRichard Schickel
This is, alas, one weary ride--77 minutes that sometimes feel like that many hours. Read full review
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