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05/24/03
Smooth Talk (1985)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:7
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A haunting tale of sexual awakening based on Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Fifteen-year-old Connie and her girlfriends spend their long summer days... [More]
Starring: Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Levon Helm
Director: Joyce Chopra
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05/20/03
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03/12/04
Plays uncomfortably like two movies jammed into one.
01/01/00
Top CriticDespite the less-than-riveting vibe, it's impossible to deny Dern's amazing performance.
12/07/04
An unheralded gem of a motion picture, and one of the more vibrant and authentic depictions of teenage life in memory.
01/01/00
Disregard the incoherent ending, which violates the source material (Joyce Carol Oates story): in her debut, Chopra has made a disturbing tale of sexual awakening set against the 1980s new context of shopping malls; Laura Dern is extraordinary as the lead
02/08/07
Offers ample and telling observations on adolescence, mother-daughter relationships, familial tensions, and the erotic yearnings of youth.
08/18/04
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09/18/02
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10/04/02
The movie is almost uncanny in its self-assurance, in the way it knows that the first hour, where 'nothing' happens, is necessary if the payoff is to be tragic, instead of merely sensational.
01/01/00
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