Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Irishchatter I only wanted to get watching this movie in 2015 because it looked different and of course seeing Sigourney Weaver in this. She was really sexy in this like even if she was probably in her late or less 30's. I was kinda disappointed that this comedy was boring and annoying, it was such a light hearted comedy that really seemed like it was chucked in the bin and forgotten about. I suppose really, you don't hear people talking about this ever since so it's not a popular nor the best movie to gab out anyway! Aaron Stanford did look the part at playing smart preppy boy. Although I thought when seeing his scene's, he didn't look like he wants to be in the movie. It sometimes gives you a cringe as he didn't seem to be himself.

intelearts ONe of the better slices of irony seen in a while that bears more than a passing resemblance to Woody Allen (If it were a girl gunning for her stepfather then you really would say it was obvious).Oscar is 15, trying to be cool and an intellectual, a fogey, and a lot of the humor comes from his pseudo-deep insights on life and Voltaire. Voltaire is no coincidence: Candide is Oscar in parts. Oscar wants the ideal - just in this case the ideal is Eva - his stepmother.A lot of this works because of the characterization and chemistry - Oscar fins himself caught in others' webs, but is somehow a good mix of mature and innocent that works well.All in all a nice effort, it never really bites and thus given the material and nature of the film fails to really skewer the comedy and ends up almost a nostalgic look at how 15 year old boys wish love could have been.Funny in parts and wistful this is a nice film about adult relationships.

Aprodia I have to admit that my expectations were great for this movie. I spent an eternity looking for it on the net and found it in a not-so-good quality. But I have to say it was worth all effort, and made my evening pleasantly light.The story is in my opinion highly applicable even now. The "mature" teenagers that refuse to live the life that is given to them and jump from pond to pond like tadpoles that don't know their place. Besides, gives ground for very good, innocent humor. This is one of "Tadpole"'s most attractive qualities.The acting, needless to say, is a bouquet of flavors bound to suit the bigger part of the audience. The ladies of the movie are astonishing. Sigourney Weaver, with a slightly classy, slightly playful, slightly dramatic air around her makes her every reaction pleasurable. Bebe Neuwirth, on the other hand, is exquisite in her act as the seducer, the naughty middle-aged who likes to play around.For me, however, the debut of Aaron Stanford could not have been a better choice. His role was honest, childish, and playing around the poles. Between his disinterest for ignorant teenage girls and childlike attraction for older, more mature women, he is downright brilliant. An adorable role, and the actor does it much justice. The fact that the movie is short helps the plot, it does not allow it to become overly heavy and somber, lets it play along the edges. The subtlety in the more... tense scenes makes up for the charming character of the movie.And even if you think that the notion of the movie is not much to your liking, let me remind the last and key quote mentioned in it:If we don't find anything pleasant, at least we shall find something new.7/10

Howlin Wolf ... At least, in all those instances where close proximity would only make your, uh, 'liver' break...There are times in ones life where knowing an experience is over can help you to move on; because the finality of everything makes it easier to set things in order. It's often easy for us as human beings to find everything BUT what we want, and in searching for that elusive element, we often manoeuvre ourselves into positions that will cause more stress than happiness. For sure, knowledge would be useful if we could gain it without getting burned, but 'experience' teaches us things. Many times in a person's life will they wish they had the ability to call on the excuse: "My soul is above doing stupid things; but my body got impulses to do them anyway, for you"..."Tadpole" shows us that there are wise minds in young bodies, and old bodies with juvenile minds... It seems to have a genuine affection for its characters, and rarely gains its laughter by mocking them. I vouch that not everybody will be able to decipher my complicated ramblings above, but the movie distills them into a meek tale of growing up enough to get away. Everyone must have had periods in their lives when simple issues became suffocating enough for them to flee. Why do you do it? See this movie if for no other reason than to get closer to the truth.Voltaire would tell you that although your destination may not be pleasant, it WILL be different...