everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Don't Believe the Hype

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

15 year old Oscar Grubman (played by 25 year old Aaron Stanford) definitely has the soul of someone much older - but not the wisdom. He has no romantic time for girls his own age - he actually prefers women, for their maturity and experience. In fact, he has a crush on his worldly stepmother Eve (Sigourney Weaver), whom he idealizes. In an amusing farcical turn of events, he sleeps with Eves' friend Diane (Bebe Neuwirth, who's never looked sexier).This is a reasonably funny, lightly entertaining comedy about a young man with lots of book smarts and an endearing amount of naivety which is precisely what some people find intriguing about him. Stanford is just right in the lead role, even if he's clearly older than what he's playing. Neuwirth is irresistible as the saucy older woman (just imagine the trouble the character would be in in real life, though!). John Ritter is good as always playing Oscars' somewhat pretentious dad. And Weaver is appealing as the object of our young hero's misguided affection.One thing that's rather refreshing about "Tadpole" is that it only runs 79 minutes. It's nice to see a modern movie that doesn't meander and wraps up its story in such a trim fashion.Definitely worth seeing for admirers of the cast.Seven out of 10.

Finally after several months of searching I found Tadpole's formatted original copy of the movie, satisfied? Oh yes!..it seems to be more of highly average movies comes from Indie films nowadays. I love Aaron Stanford strut sage principles but quite witty feelings towards love. I agree with one of the commenter concerning Weaver's role, I notice that it seems she's so concern what's hooking up between Diane and Oscar, that she readily know already what Oscar really feels for her. It doesn't matter, this film is one sample of an atypical situation about infatuation between two closely compacted individuals. Soar your senses and find yourself a good moment to watch a great Indie movie..

I would give this movie a lower rating if I weren't open to cerebral, NYC upper-class intellectual tales. I think the lower ratings may be given by some reviewers who are more attracted to a farcical coming-of-age movie like Risky Business or similar. Okay, that was insulting, but I want to say that this was a very nuanced film with a superb script, delivered by excellent actors who didn't miss a note.It is especially noteworthy that Ritter and Weaver and Neuwirth are known for comedic performances and I was never reminded of that during the film. If you have enjoyed any of Bill Murray's latest "smart" movies, you should watch this movie to see an entire cast pull off the same trick, with some of the credit undoubtedly due to the director.That's not to say this is a tragedy or a movie that takes itself too seriously - no symbolism, no dramatic cinematography. There are no surprise plot twists -- it's a genre movie, and there's plenty of room to smile when you sympathize with several of the actors at various points. We're caught up in the kind of performance that makes you hurt along with the characters even though the plot is one of the oldest there is.

Just caught this on IFC. Poster mwyarbrough thinks those who have a problem with "Tadpole" don't get it: "Because he is very intelligent, Oscar makes the classic adolescent mistake of overestimating his own maturity..." The problem with this assessment is that no adult in the real world, no matter how sophisticated (and the adults here twist themselves into pretzels to "prove" how "sophisticated" they are) would put up with this obnoxious little sh*t for 5 minutes! The only thing that rang true in this Murmur of the Heart wanna-be is Obnoxious Little Sh*t's paranoia about Step-Mama's Gal Pal. But how he tries to stop her is mean, and when she all-too happily drops the bomb, Dad (who's such a wuss, he opens his Thanksgiving toast with an apology to Native Americans) won't confront them, and Step-Mama reacts with some half-hearted "I'm shocked" retorts. As others have noted, a crime was committed, but only in the movies can a 15 year old boy be served at a bar without getting carded, bed an older woman, have other older women swoon over him, and French kiss Step-Mama, who tells him: "You're old enough to make your own decisions!" Oy! No wonder Sundance ate it up, critics compared it to Woody Allen, and Miramax picked it up for a whopping $6 million! That whirring sound you hear is Voltaire spinning in his grave!