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Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News: Seems precious when it means to be precocious, and pretentious when it can least afford to be. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Tadpole was 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 more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: A movie that gets by on charm even when it's tippytoeing in taboo territory. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A low-budget affair, 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 more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: At times it's like an erudite version of a horny teen fantasy flick. But I am recommending Tadpole for its whimsical feel, its tart wit and the many fine performances, most notably from young Aaron Stanford. Read more
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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Most folks with a real stake in the American sexual landscape will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant. Read more
Loren King, Chicago Tribune: Weaver and Neuwirth are the sparks in this film, as they project a maternal sexiness and sincerity that's entirely believable. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: Shot in just two weeks with a hand-held digital camera, the movie often looks frayed around the edges. Yet it has a soulful heart and a clear grasp of its rarefied milieu. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: A sparkling cosmopolitan comedy that plays fast and loose with sacred cows of family values. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Tadpole is a sophisticated, funny and good-natured treat, slight but a pleasure. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films: Young is cool, and too young is too cool. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Although it's short, Tadpole has a long-lasting effect. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The surprise of this short and inexpensively made indie (originally shot on digital video) is its authority and good cheer. Read more
Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail: Tadpole is smart and sophisticated entertainment, whatever its shortcomings, and it deserves to be encouraged. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It's fun, wispy, wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom. Read more
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. Weekly: Neither funny nor moving enough to compare to Rushmore, Murmur of the Heart or any of the other better movies on which it's modeled. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The film has other problems than credibility. It ends with unseemly haste, it underlines its points too obviously, and its camera moves when it should be still. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: A wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Tadpole will delight audiences for its comedy. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: [D]emonstrate a certain affinity for the intimate observation of moral waywardness. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Tadpole is an irreverent and witty comedy in which the events aren't predictable but are well paced. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: [Stanford] deftly switches between Oscar's self-assigned roles -- the charming raconteur for Eve, the aloof aesthete for everyone else -- while Neuwirth radiates a saucy, infectious giddiness. Read more