SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

OllieSuave-007 I don't remember much from this movie as I saw it once when I was a little kid with my dad. I did remember that it is about a gifted seven year-old named Fred, whose mother (played by Jodie Foster) tries to bring him up in the real world.As a kid genius, he sees his abilities are more advanced than normal than people in his age group; I thought the scene where a few adults looking over Fred's shoulder at his test during class was pretty funny. This gives the story a little intrigue as you see how he grows up in the real world and how his single mother tries to overcome the odds to raise him. It's not an incredibly fast-paced film but it's a simple and touching story that is fine for the entire family. Grade B-

wjuneboone As a city bus driver for Queen City Metro back in 1991 I was one of two queen city bus drivers who would drive the bus into fountain square where the young actor was waiting for the bus. I remember that day /later in after noon Jodie Foster was directing ,but you would have never known her as she was dressed kinda in disguise I was proud to be ask by Queen City Metro Supervisors if I wanted to participate in this movie called 'Little Man Tate"I thought the movie was made very good and Jodie Foster's direction was great While I've never seen the whole Movie I may go out and get it and watch it all the way throughYou don't know how much hard work these actors and directors do until your up close to watch them workThank you for stopping by to read meDaniel Freeman Cincinnati OHio

tooner2004 This is an excellent directorial debut by Jodie Foster. It's a deep film that tackles an unusual subject--the gifted child's place among his or her peers. There are many memorable scenes throughout the movie, and Foster's direction shows a true understanding of the film-making process. What I find interesting is that Foster has created a world that's devoid of any strong adult males. Fred's father, or any mention of him, is nonexistent in the film. David Hyde Pierce plays a character who has some sort of relationship with the Dianne Wiest character, but it's never defined. Although he seems to works with Wiest, he has no interaction with her young geniuses, including Fred. The only other prominent male is played by Harry Connick Jr. His character, Eddie, is a feckless college student who almost kills Fred accidentally. Eddie then befriends Fred for a day, but later gives him the brush-off, initiating Fred's meltdown. Foster seems to be saying that Fred needs a male figure in his life, but it ain't gonna happen. I've read interviews with Foster in which she spoke about her anger toward and resentment of the father who abandoned her as a child. Since no one in this film even comes close to being a father figure, she's clearly sending a message here, whether consciously or subconsciously. My message to Ms. Foster is: We're not all that bad. You'll find many good fathers and responsible men in the real world. There was no need to write us out of existence (she reads these comments, right?).

bobjaxon I've long been a fan of Jodie Foster's acting, and upon my first viewing of "Little Man Tate", I can now say I'm a fan of her directorial talents as well.The story is of Fred Tate, son of single mother Dede. It's found that, at the age of 2, Fred can already read the print on the bottom of a dinner plate. Dede, and the rest of the world, realize that Fred is a genius, but Dede is determined that Fred, while given ever opportunity to expand his gift, is not exploited by the well meaning, but pretentious head mistress of a school for gifted children, Jane Grierson, portrayed by the outstanding actress Dianne Wiest.The story's told, mainly, through the eyes of Fred; however, we also see the viewpoints of Dede & Jane who each feel that she alone has Fred's best interests at heart. We are given tremendous insight into how Fred sees and relates to the world around him. He has the understanding that's beyond most adults but only the emotional experience of his 7 years of life.Through Fred, we can see that the academic world of gifted children isn't just filled with the nice, polite, precocious, bespectacled children that we are often shown on news magazines or public television programs. We are allowed to see that some are as outright rude and pretentious as the adults who claim to be only nurturing their gifts.In her feature-film directorial debut, Foster is able to capture the world as Fred sees it. She's able still allow us to see Fred as the youngster he is. Fred's intellect isn't the basis of the story, just one element in it. She lets the story do the work, and she let's the character's tell the tale. She allows the characters to be real people not just the stereotypes that so often are found in films dealing with this subject matter.Jodie Foster's only directed two films since this one ("Home For The Holidays"-1995 & "Flora Plum"-2005), and I've seen "Home For The Holidays" which I also feel was very well done. It seems that Ms. Foster is being very careful in picking her projects, much like the late Stanley Kubrick did. I only hope her unique talents are recognized and she's given more green lights for future projects.