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Little Man Tate

PG In Theaters 09/4/2001 , 99min.
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Jodie Foster made her directorial debut (with a script by Scott Frank) in this tale of a child prodigy's search for social acceptance. Fred Tate (Adam Hann-Byrd) is a precocious fourth grader who has no problem with the most complex mathematical problems or in banging out a Rachmaninoff concerto on the piano, but is totally inept at playing baseball or dealing with children his own age. His mother Dede (Jodie Foster) is a cocktail waitress who acts more like a child than Fred, but cares passionately about her son. Fred comes to the attention of child psychologist Jane Grierson (Dianne Wiest), who runs a summer camp for child prodigies called Odyssey of the Mind. She invites Fred to attend the summer session, creating a rift between Fred and Dede.
  • MPAA Rating: PG
  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Run Time: 99min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 09/04/2001
  • DVD Release Date: 09/04/2001
  • Distributor(s): Orion
  • Director(s): Jodie Foster
  • Starring: Jodie Foster , Adam Hann-Byrd , Dianne Wiest , Harry Connick, Jr. , David Hyde Pierce
  • Themes: Single Parents,Mothers and Sons,Child Prodigies
  • Tone: Humorous,Compassionate,Matter-of-Fact,Reflective,Understated
  • Keywords: adolescence,alienation,coming-of-age,mother,prodigy,single-parent,whiz-kid
  • Country of Origin: USA (10-09-1991)
  • Language: English
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