Everyone loves Oscar
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Everyone loves Oscar |
| Original title | Tadpole |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , French |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gary Winick |
| script |
Heather McGowan , Niels Mueller |
| production |
Alexis Alexanian , Dolly Hall , Gary Winick |
| music | Renaud Pion |
| camera | Hubert Taczanowski |
| cut | Susan Littenberg |
| occupation | |
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Everybody Loves Oscar is an American comedy directed by Gary Winick . It was produced in 2002 with Aaron Stanford and Sigourney Weaver .
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15-year-old Oscar Grubman is known to be sensitive and intelligent, speaks French, enjoys reading Voltaire and attends the Chauncey Academy. However, he falls in love with his stepmother Eve ( Sigourney Weaver ), who recently married his father. When he returns to his home apartment for the Thanksgiving vacation , he decides to confess his love to Eve. After dinner with friends and colleagues of his father, he is supposed to take Daphne Tisch, the daughter of a colleague home, but puts her in a taxi and gets drunk in a bar. On the way home, he gets drunk by Diane Lodder, the best Girlfriend of his stepmother who is taking him home. There is a one-night stand there. Oscar is scared that Diane will tell his father and Eve about the affair, which also happens over dinner. Oscar clarifies the situation when he is alone with Eve after a tennis game and also hints at his love for her. They kiss, then Eve goes to bed. After his father and Eve take Oscar to the train the next day, they say goodbye, and Oscar hooks up with a classmate of the same age.
Reviews
- The lexicon of international films wrote that the film “humorously” questions social conventions. It is similar to the comedy The Graduation .
- Desson Thomson wrote in the Washington Post that the film was one of the 'smartest' films of the year.
Awards
- 2002 Gary Winick won the Best Director Award of the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for another award.
- Bebe Neuwirth won the Seattle Film Critics Award in 2002 and was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award in 2003 .
- Aaron Stanford and Bebe Neuwirth were nominated for the 2003 Golden Satellite Award .
Remarks
The film was shot in New York City within 14 days. It cost about $ 150,000 to produce. When it was presented on January 11, 2002 at the Sundance Film Festival, the poor technical quality was criticized. The German premiere took place on September 25, 2003 at the Hamburg Film Festival .
The film grossed nearly $ 2.9 million at the US box office.
Web links
- Tadpole in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tadpole at Metacritic (English)
- Tadpole at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Everyone loves Oscar. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ www.rottentomatoes.com