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Smooth Talk
Smooth Talk

Smooth Talk

1985 92 min ★ 6.2 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.

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Cast

Laura Dern

Laura Dern

Connie Wyatt

Treat Williams

Treat Williams

Arnold Friend

Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place

Katherine Wyatt

Levon Helm

Levon Helm

Harry Wyatt

Elizabeth Berridge

Elizabeth Berridge

June Wyatt

Margaret Welsh

Margaret Welsh

Laura Condon

Sara Inglis

Jill O'Mara

William Ragsdale

William Ragsdale

Jeff

Geoff Hoyle

Ellie Oscar

David Berridge

Eddie Hunter

Details

Director

Joyce Chopra

Screenplay

Tom Cole

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Palmyra Films, American Playhouse, Goldcrest, Nepenthe Productions

Reviews

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clipper314

August 16, 2014

★ 8/10

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...

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