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Smooth Talk

Smooth Talk

6.3

1985

92 min

Drama

Thriller

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.

Smooth Talk

6.3

1985

92 min

Drama

Thriller

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.

Cast

Laura Dern

Connie Wyatt

Treat Williams

Arnold Friend

Mary Kay Place

Katherine Wyatt

Levon Helm

Harry Wyatt

Elizabeth Berridge

June Wyatt

Margaret Welsh

Laura Condon

Sara Inglis

Jill O'Mara

William Ragsdale

Jeff

Geoff Hoyle

Ellie Oscar

David Berridge

Eddie Hunter

Cab Covay

Cab Driver

Joy Carlin

Laura's Mother

Reviews

clipper314

@clipper314

4 years ago

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.