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Smooth Talk

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.

Top Cast

  • Laura Dern

    Laura Dern

    Connie Wyatt

  • Treat Williams

    Treat Williams

    Arnold Friend

  • Mary Kay Place

    Mary Kay Place

    Katherine Wyatt

  • Levon Helm

    Levon Helm

    Harry Wyatt

  • Elizabeth Berridge

    Elizabeth Berridge

    June Wyatt

  • Margaret Welsh

    Margaret Welsh

    Laura Condon

  • Sara Inglis

    Sara Inglis

    Jill O'Mara

  • William Ragsdale

    William Ragsdale

    Jeff

  • Geoff Hoyle

    Geoff Hoyle

    Ellie Oscar

Overview

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.

Rating

6.2 / 10
70 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • clipper314
    clipper314
    8 Aug 16, 2014

    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.

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