The structure of the film is nonexistent (and in other words, there's little plot to hold together a series of oddball scenes), and the acting is perfunctory - Mischa Barton's horrendous British accent a grating exercise in poor voice coaching and a director too in love with her own material to even notice." Ī review published in The Massachusetts Daily Collegian was critical of the film, noting: "Writer-director Christina Wayne has so little clue about how to make a film that none of the relationships between seems remotely understandable. But this expose doesn't elicit much sympathy for characters whose big dreams amount to little more than lust for a better grade of cashmere." gave the film a negative review, writing: "Not only does the provocative title of Tart mislead us, but the packaging features a lithe Dominique Swain on its covers, her schoolgirl skirt blowing up to expose her panties. Scott Fitzgerald's observation about the very rich: "They are different from you and me". Robert Pardi of TV Guide gave the film a middling review, writing: "In this blast at the privileged classes, yet another young social climber discovers the bitter accuracy of F. It is really not worth seeing." In contrast, the reviewer for the website Through the Shattered Lens actually liked the film, even though she called it a "massively flawed film". There is no real plot, focus, direction or point. The reviewer for wrote that "The end really isn't an ending. The reviewer for PopMatters wrote that " Tart is another in a long line of unoriginal attempts to explore one girl’s desire to fit in." The reviewer for AllMovie wrote that " Tart is a straightforward depiction of self-possessed, spoiled teens, is the best argument yet for getting an after-school job in the late high school years". She dropped out of the lead role in favor of X-Men. Anna Paquin was originally cast as Cat Storm. Though set in New York, the film was shot in New York City, New York and Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1999. The film ends with Cat and her mother resolving their own familial conflict and her mother apologizing to her in Central Park. After school that afternoon, the paparazzi and reporters interview the students with questions about Delilah, and they all deem her "reckless" and have little to say of her. The following morning, after searching for Delilah, Cat discovers that Delilah's body has been found and William arrested. Delilah screams at him and threatens to press charges, and, in a panic, he beats her to death. He pushes her, causing her to hit her head on a rock. William chases after Delilah and confronts her in the woods on her way back to the beach, and the two get into an argument. While there, she stumbles upon William receiving oral sex from a male drug dealer. Delilah walks to a nearby gay bar operated by Kenny, where she tries to find a ride back to the city for her and Cat. There, she confronts Delilah, and the two argue about Cat abandoning her, but make up. Hearing about a party hosted by Delilah on the beach in The Hamptons, Cat goes to stay the night with Eloise at her house, using it as an opportunity to attend the party. After some of Cat's antisemitic friends find out her father is Jewish, she is ostracized, and only accepted by the prim Eloise Logan, who befriends her. William and Cat pursue a brief relationship, which he ends, leaving Cat distraught. Cat surrounds herself with some of the school's most popular students, befriending Grace Bailey, an English exchange student, and attending holiday parties held by Peg which are often frequented by Kenny, an ephebophile who supplies cocaine to the teenagers and tries to have sex with the young men.Īmidst struggles at home between her divorced parents, Cat becomes attracted to William Sellers, a delinquent who comes from an abusive household, and who also is significantly less wealthy than his peers. Cat begins to fall in with the popular crowd at her prep school, abandoning her rebellious longtime friend, Delilah Milford, who is expelled from the school. Plot Ĭat Storm is a teenager attending an elite preparatory school in 1980s Manhattan. It follows a young woman at a preparatory school in 1980s New York City and her ingratiation with a group of elite peers. Tart is a 2001 American coming of age drama film written and directed by Christina Wayne and starring Dominique Swain, Brad Renfro, and Bijou Phillips.
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