Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2016. Unable to add item to List. A neglected masterpiece by a gifted director whose subsequent career was consigned to TV movies and series episodes. Anyone want a free copy ?. ': Joyce Carol Oates (Women Writers: Texts and Contexts), Blue Velvet (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], Last Exit to Brooklyn (Import, All Regions), Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters 2 (Double Feature). Treat Williams gives a stellar performance as does Laura Dern. A neglected masterpiece by a gifted director whose subsequent career was consigned to TV movies and series episodes. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Watch Smooth Talk starring Laura Dern in this Drama on DIRECTV. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Smooth Talk is the adaptation of that work and is pretty well done -- it holds the attention of modern-day teens which is saying something. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It's available to watch. A great video, for adolescence and discussion on how bad problems can become. Clunky dialogue, dated and inane. Fifteen-year-old Connie Wyatt (Laura Dern) may be too young to drive, but she's already driving the boys crazy. But for me, Elizabeth Berridge’s (Funhouse) appearance was astounding. Supreme blu-Ray quality. Smooth Talk is one of the few films ever made whose climactic scene takes place on the borderline between reality and the imagination. Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016, Great movie!!! Her suspicious mother (Mary Kay Place) wants to keep her safely at home, but free-spirited Connie would rather while away the languid summer days hanging out with her friends and flirting with boys at the local burger stand. Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018. A neglected masterpiece by a gifted director whose subsequent career was consigned to TV movies and series episodes. You won’t be disappointed with this one. That scene is done so beautifully by Dern and Treat Williams that one never forgets it. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2013. Please try again. But when she flirts with an older, handsome and predatory stranger (Treat Williams), she isn't prepared for the frightening and traumatic consequences. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. One of my all-time favorite films. I use this in a college literature course as a means of clarifying and analyzing Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Directed by Joyce Chopra. Smooth Talk is one of the few films ever made whose climactic scene takes place on the borderline between reality and the imagination. Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019, Good quality and good for teaching Oates “where are you going where have you been”, Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2009. Laura dern is amazing!, Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2018. Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2010. Fifteen-year-old Connie (Laura Dern) spends the summer before her sophomore year fixating on getting male attention. Like the old DVD, there are no extras whatsoever... an interview at least with Laura Dern would have been nice! Blu-ray of the Joyce Carol Oates short story filmed with the well cast Laura Dern, who is the best thing about this uneven drama. 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. It's certainly an "oldie" but had managed to hold onto its relevance (Thanks to Oates). With Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh. I bought this on a recommendation. Its tosh for start to finish. Please try again. That scene is done so beautifully by Dern and Treat Williams that one never forgets it. which is, in and of itself, a CREEPY story -- especially for teens! Even though time has changed technology, the subjects of acceptance and teen-parent relationships is timeless. Dont waste your time. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Previous page of related Sponsored Products, s_medPG13 PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned), Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis, Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2016. A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. There's a problem loading this menu right now.