Tanner Hall (2011)
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 15
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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 8
No consensus yet.
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As Fernanda (Rooney Mara) enters her senior year at Tanner Hall-a sheltered boarding school in New England-she's faced with unexpected changes in her group of friends when a childhood acquaintance, the charismatic yet manipulative trouble-maker Victoria (Georgia King), appears. Shy and studious, Fernanda is usually the voice of reason among her friends-adventurous and sexy Kate (Brie Larsen) and tomboy Lucasta (Amy Ferguson)-but when she begins a complicated friendship with Gio (Tom Everett
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Cast
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Rooney Mara
Fernanda -
Georgia King
Victoria -
Brie Larson
Kate -
Amy Ferguson
Lucasta -
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Amy Sedaris
Mrs. Middlewood -
Chris Kattan
Mr. Middlewood -
Shawn Pyfrom
Hank -
Ryan Schira
Peter -
Susan Misner
Roxanne -
Tara Subkoff
Gwen -
Annika Peterson
Olga -
Alaina Steinberg
Margaret -
Konstantine Kakanias
Mr. Tependris -
Lowry Marshall
Ms. Wallace -
Joanne Burk
School Nurse -
Alexia Rasmussen
Gretchen -
Anne Ramsey
Coffin Vendor -
Hayley Goldbach
Student -
Alexis Kiernan
Candice -
Justin Vogel
Greg -
Mark Carter
Attendant -
Michael R. Thayer
Preacher -
Dan Butterworth
Poppet -
Russell Steinberg
Father of Dart Girl -
Antonia Steinberg
Dart Girl -
Collin Brown
Townie -
Tom DeNucci
Townie's Friend -
Lillian Adams
Victoria's Grandmother -
Sydney Neill
Child Victoria -
Kate Skye Netto
Child Fernanda -
Adriaan Van Zyl
Poppet -
Tatiana von Furstenberg
Poppet -
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All Critics (17) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (15)
Codirectors Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg work up some believable, easygoing rapport between the young actresses, but since the story line is hackneyed, it's rapport in a vacuum.
Top CriticRarely rises above the generic, though its atmosphere of coddled young people indulging themselves in opulent surroundings is palpably authentic.
Ultimately not even the gifted Mara can keep the film from feeling like a gauzy portrait of privilege.
The performances aren't bad, but the film quickly collapses into an incoherent, tonally inconsistent muddle with no narrative momentum.
Allows room for a lot of thinking about other things - its cast most notably, since watching their struggle to move beyond the mundane is painful.
There are some dedicated performances, but this unfocused drama adds nothing new to the girls' boarding school film curriculum.
A cinematic cocktail blended from the contents of a suburban medicine cabinet, "Tanner Hall" is a girls-boarding-school movie that could bring up the bile in more than a few throats.
Entertaining but sometimes sophomoric coming-of-age drama about a gaggle of nice and not-so-nice rich girls at a boarding school, boasting star Rooney Mara before her Social Network/Dragon Tattoo coups.
Uneven coming-of-age drama features sex, drugs, adultery.
has its charms but it's mostly full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
A derivative and unappealing drama about four girls at a boarding school.
The result isn't bad, it just lacks momentum and a strong reason for existing.
There is an empathy in Tanner Hall that overcomes its familiar trappings and iffy low-budget scope.
The story is involving but the character are types rather than authentic individuals.
A misshapen beast of a film, Tanner Hall isn't so much kaleidoscopic, episodic drama as underdeveloped, perfunctory multi-character mash-up.
Audience Reviews for Tanner Hall
Director: Francesca Gregorini, Tatiana von Furstenberg
Summary: The arrival of Victoria (Georgia King), a manipulative new pupil, quickly signals the end of innocence for returning student Fernanda (Rooney Mara). In short order, the preppy, tranquil atmosphere of knee socks and cardigans at Tanner Hall gives way to a world of tangled emotions among the schoolgirls.
My Thoughts: "I wasn't sure what to expect with this movie cause I really didn't know what it was about. I think the summary of the film is deceiving. It's about these young girls becoming women. Growing into themselves and learning about themselves. The young Victoria doesn't disrupt these other young ladies innocence since they seemed a bit corrupt all on their own. Performances were fine, but the story is quite bland and has been done. Decent film, not worth a second look though."
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Amy Sedaris has only a small role and she's not funny at all, which is unusual.
It's worth watching once, I guess, but can't really recommend it as it is a little on the dull side. For a similar theme done better, I would recommend The Hairy bird (Australian title -aka Strike! Or All I wanna do).