Tart (2001)

Director:

Christina Wayne

Writer (WGA):

Christina Wayne (written by)

Release Date:

15 June 2001 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Sex, Drugs and Study Hall.

Plot:

After her only friend is expelled from their private school in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Cat...

Plot Keywords:

Manhattan | Private School | Vomit | Mini Skirt | Prep School

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dominique Swain	...	Cat Storm
Brad Renfro	...	William Sellers
Bijou Phillips	...	Delilah Milford
Mischa Barton	...	Grace Bailey
Alberta Watson	...	Lily Storm
Myles Jeffrey	...	Pete Storm
Scott Thompson	...	Kenny
Michael Murphy	...	Mike Storm
Nora Zehetner	...	Peg
Jacob Pitts	...	Toby Logan
Chelse Swain	...	Heather von Strum
Lacey Chabert	...	Eloise Logan
Melanie Griffith	...	Diane Milford
Shawn Lawrence	...	Fred the Doorman
Peter Snider	...	Richard Logan

Also Known As:

Naïve (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong drug use, language, some sexual content and a scene of violence, all involving teens.

Runtime:

94 min | Germany:83 min (TV version)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Chile:14 | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Green Moon Productions

Quotes:

Eloise Logan: What is that?
[Delilah is holding coke in her hand]
Delilah Milford: Nose candy? Want some? Fine. Full of calcium good for you too.

Movie Connections:

References Gimme Shelter (1970)

Boring and Predictable

The beginning of the movie was confusing and the rest of it was predictable. It was just one of those movies that I came across in my netflix instant queue and I thought it would be interesting to see Brad Renfro and Bijou Phillips team up together again since Bully. Unfortunately "interesting" never happened in this movie. Swain plays an invisible girl at a private school whose best friend is rich and does anything she wants at any time (Phillips). But Swain likes one of the boys (Renfro) from the "in crowd" and eventually starts hanging with them. And, of course, like all other movies things are good (or so you assume since the movie never hints on that things are good) and then things become not so good by hanging with the rich kids.

The problem with the movie is that there are absolutely no peaks and valleys. It is just a dead lifeless movie that after you've watched it, you feel you could have done anything better. Some scenes (the ones with Renfro's parents) don't even make sense as to being in the movie because the director and writer didn't follow up on it, at all.

All the interesting things that COULD have played out was just completely ignore and this is almost like watching a before they were stars episode (Mischa Barton and Rachel Bison from the OC).

The only shining light in this movie, and the reason it doesn't get a ONE rating from me is Phillips. They needed more scenes with her in it. Renfro just look like he brought over a bit of his character from Bully. And, for pete's sake, the Title is BS, change the name.