Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 106
Fresh: 82 | Rotten: 24
Slight, but good-natured and witty.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 7
Slight, but good-natured and witty.
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 4,855
Most 15-year-old boys are obsessed with the opposite sex, but this may be the only area in which Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) could be called typical. An honor student at an exclusive prep school, Oscar is confident, keenly intelligent, speaks fluent French, and is well versed in the work of a number of French authors, particularly his favorite, Voltaire. Oscar seems to have gotten his fascination with French culture from his mother, who several years ago divorced his father Stanley (John
PG-13, 1 hr. 18 min.
Jul 19, 2002 Wide
Jan 21, 2003
$2.9M
Miramax Films
All Critics (120) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (82) | Rotten (25) | DVD (13)
In every respect, director Gary Winick has served up a delectable, entertaining film.
The terrific performances of Weaver and Neuwirth notwithstanding, little of this is very amusing. And it doesn't help that the film is visually offensive.
The top-notch cast brings the story to life with aplomb.
One of the smartest, most affecting movies of the year.
A funny, fearless, poignant, spectacular performance.
unpretentiously entertains
Coming-of-age comedy with some sex.
Oscar's romantic plight plays well for subtle pathos in addition to laughs.
In a summer wrought with action adventures and dramatic epics, it's a refreshing change to trust in the teachings and maturity of a 15-year-old.
The worst movie of 2002: 'Any film with such a formulaic foundation...faces the burden of succeeding in spite of it, yet Tadpole just dumbly offers it back up to us.'
Mostly grating story about an arrogant, but brilliant, 15-year-old who falls in love with his stepmother. This movie tries to be edgy, a la Rushmore, but, due to a lack of likable characters, winds up being irritatingly stuffy instead.
January 27, 2008
Super Reviewer
I could rank this higher if it weren't for one thing, the film looses real ground with Oscar getting too obssesed with Eve and even rejecting offers from other women. No matter how smart and sharp a 15 year old kid can be, the chance of getting laid with fine ladies at that age is like finding gold under your bed. No
September 8, 2007
Super Reviewer
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