Tadpole Critic Reviews

It's a funny, fearless, poignant, spectacular performance. Come to think of it, those words could well apply to the entirety of Tadpole.Read the full review

An irreverent and witty comedy in which the events aren't predictable but are well paced.Read the full review

Doesn't need the passage of time to become a classic. It's one already.Read the full review

Oscar's life has the potential to become a Greek tragedy, but Winick keeps things light enough that it resolutely stays a comedy.Read the full review

Though sloppily structured and sometimes dangerously flimsy (not to mention truncated at a mere 78 minutes), Tadpole has an unforced charm that compensates for the absence of more traditional cinematic virtues.Read the full review

The witty coming-of-age film is marred by an uneven, digitally shot look, a disservice to its first-rate cast.Read the full review

Where ''Rushmore'' surprises and delights with its spiky depiction of sprawling American idiosyncrasy, Tadpole's more urbane, less complicated charms are specifically made in New York City.Read the full review

Witty, adult treatment of an offbeat subject: a pubescent boy's infatuation with an older woman.Read the full review

Tadpole may be small, but it's something special -- a cheeky comedy knockout.Read the full review