A 2002 American Romantic Comedy directed by Gary Winick that follows a 15-year-old (Aaron Stanford) who falls for his step-mother (Sigourney Weaver) and finds himself in over his head when her best friend (Bebe Neuwirth) responds to his advances.
The movie also stars John Ritter, Robert Iler, Kate Mara, Adam LeFevre, Ron Rifkin, Pete Appel, and Alicia Van Couvering.
It was released on January 11, 2002.
Tropes for the film:
- Big Applesauce: The movie takes place in New York City, and Oscar father, Stanley, is a professor at Columbia University.
- KidAnova: Oscar is a Sartre-quoting genius that firmly believes in Not Growing Up Sucks as he's 15, but wants to be 40, has zero interest in girls his age for actually being his age, turns on and even sleeps with his step-mom's best friend and all the while crushes on his step-mom that seems wasted on his dad. He'd be an Insufferable Genius and
The Scrappy had he not be so hilariously bad at trying to look mature like using dog hair as sideburns and trying to keep the secret of said sexual encounter from coming out said best friend loose lips though he does get better and re-connect with the previously mentioned girl in his age after she starts reading Sartre, too. - One-Word Title: Tadpole.
- Tagline:
- "Everyone says she should date girls his own age. Oscar respectfully disagrees".
