Smooth Talk (1985)
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.
- Joyce Chopra
- Carol DePasquale
- Tom Cole
- Joyce Carol Oates
Rating: 6.3/10 by 54 users
Alternative Title:
스무스 토크 - KR
Κορίτσι Πρόκληση - GR
Country:
United States of America
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 31 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: coming of age, teenage girl, summer, sexual awakening, woman director, female sexuality, loss of innocence
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.
