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Smooth Talk

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Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1985-09-21

Runtime: 91 mins

Director: Joyce Chopra

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Original title: Smooth Talk

Production Companies: Palmyra Films, American Playhouse, Goldcrest, Nepenthe Productions

Production Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom

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Based on a short story by Joyce Carol Oates called "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", "Smooth Talk" stars Laura Dern as a bored and restless adolescent who thinks she's more in control of her sexual allure, and more capable of handling the attention she receives for it, than she is. In a deeply unsettling and slightly surreal scene, a hunky stranger (Treat Williams) comes calling for her, and she realizes that she's not as mature as she thinks. The film captures the same other-worldly quality of the short story (the scene with Treat Williams plays out almost like a feverish dream), while ably adapting it to the very different needs of a feature length film. Dern gives a wonderful performance, one of many given by this underrated actress.
2014-08-16

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