Little Man Tate
1991 · Movie · PG · 99 min · ★ 6.6 · 72% critics
A single mother raises her young son and learns he has exceptional brilliance that sets him apart. As adults offer special programs and attention, she fights to protect him from being treated like a spectacle and to keep his childhood emotionally grounded.
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Details
- Years
- 1991
- Release date
- 1991-09-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (338 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Little Man Tate if you want a heartfelt look at a gifted child’s emotional struggles and a mother trying to balance love with opportunity; Not for you if you prefer fast, neatly wrapped plots like Harriet the Spy or The Boy Who Could Fly.
Pros: heartfelt gifted-child focus; strong lead performances; director Jodie Foster debut | Cons: ending feels unresolved; some underdeveloped relationships; occasional dragging
Themes
- jealousy
- waitress
- single parent
- intelligence
- intellectually gifted
- intelligence test
- iq
- single
- scientist
- single father
- woman director
Cast & crew
Jodie Foster
as Dede Tate
Dianne Wiest
as Jane Grierson
Adam Hann-Byrd
as Fred Tate
Harry Connick Jr.
as Eddie
David Hyde Pierce
as Garth Emmerick
Debi Mazar
as Gina
P.J. Ochlan
as Damon Wells
Michael Shulman
as Matt Montini
Celia Weston
as Miss Nimvel
George Plimpton
as Winston F. Buckner
Directed by Jodie Foster