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Seven-year-old genius Fred is desperate to fit in with other kids. Recognizing his talents, his mom (and best friend) Dede enrolls him in a school for gifted children, where Fred befriends a teacher who offers him opportunities his mother cannot. Dede must choose between possibly losing her son or compromising his education. Read more

Starring	Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Adam Hann-Byrd, Harry Connick Jr.
Director	Jodie Foster
Genres	Drama

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- "...Dianne Wiest is immensely sympathetic....P.J. Ochlan is very funny....Hann-Byrd has the requisite young-old look, and it's believable that he's as bright as the film makes him out to be..."
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- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  A very god movie which deals with the issue so that you become involved, reminds you there is a real world out there. A performance from Jodie that one would ... read more »
  
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  slow and indulgent
  
  This is an unusual subject for a film and you suspect Jodie perhaps had other reasons for directing it. It comes across as a crusade film made for other reasons... read more »
  
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  Very Slightly depressing and doesn't answer the question of what one should do with prodigies. however, if you want to see Jodie Foster in a role that is ... read more »
  
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  - 10 May 2004 at 14:14
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  A very god movie which deals with the issue so that you become involved, reminds you there is a real world out there. A performance from Jodie that one would ... read more »
  
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  Little Man Tate
  
  A very god movie which deals with the issue so that you become involved, reminds you there is a real world out there. A performance from Jodie that one would ... read more »
  
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  slow and indulgent
  
  This is an unusual subject for a film and you suspect Jodie perhaps had other reasons for directing it. It comes across as a crusade film made for other reasons... read more »
  
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  - uk
  - 27 Jun 2006 at 22:08
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  Very Slightly ...
  
  Very Slightly depressing and doesn't answer the question of what one should do with prodigies. however, if you want to see Jodie Foster in a role that is ... read more »
  
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Critics' reviews
- "...Dianne Wiest is immensely sympathetic....P.J. Ochlan is very funny....Hann-Byrd has the requisite young-old look, and it's believable that he's as bright as the film makes him out to be..."
- 10311
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...A thoughtful first film with an idiosyncratic style that successfully captures a child's memory of one year of his life..."
- 10313
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- Fred Tate (Hann-Byrd) is a gifted child: by age seven, he can play the piano backwards, paint like a master, and solve... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...LITTLE MAN TATE is passionately involving, and Foster's directing is as sharply intuitive as her acting..."
- 10312
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- A drama of family tensions that might have worked better on television.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42

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  Seven-year-old genius Fred is desperate to fit in with other kids. Recognizing his talents, his mom (and best friend) Dede enrolls him in a school for gifted children, where Fred befriends a teacher who offers him opportunities his mother cannot. Dede must choose between possibly losing her son or ...