![]() ![]() It's good for a teenage boy to have experiences with an older woman it's scandalous if a teenage girl has the same experiences with an older man. But when it's a forty-something woman fooling around with a 15-year old boy, suddenly it becomes a cute, funny coming of age story? And it's loaded with cliche lines like "he's old enough to take care of himself " "you're old enough to make your own decisions." No he's not - he's 15! This is the classic double standard. If a forty-something man had had a sexual encounter with a 15-year old girl, people would be up in arms about this movie. ![]() Excuse me? Reverse the roles for a moment. Much of the movie revolves around the sexual encounter between Jimmy (Appel) and Dianne (Bebe Neuwirth), which becomes the source of what comedy there is in this movie. But I found this movie disturbing, and not in a way that sometimes makes a movie worth watching. It seems almost refreshing, since most movies about stepmothers have her as the hated one. A teenage boy (Peter Appel) falls in love with his stepmother (Sigourney Weaver). Reviewed by sddavis63 2 / 10 A Disturbing Double StandardĪm I the only one who sees this? On the surface, from reading the description this movie seems like innocent fun. ![]() For Oscar, Diane is somewhat of a distraction, as his continued pursuit of Eve leads to an unexpected resolution. For Diane, Oscar fills a void in her life. Oscar's path to his true love is further crossed by Diane, Eve's best friend who, one night while wearing Eve's borrowed perfumed scarf, offers him temporary comfort in an unconventional tryst. He fails to win Eve's heart and is consequently dejected. Oscar is certain that he could be a better mate to Eve than his work-obsessed father. But there is one major problem-Oscar's true love is his stepmother Eve. On the train home from Chauncey Academy for the Thanksgiving weekend, Oscar confides in his best friend that he has plans for this vacation-he will win the heart of his true love. He is sensitive and compassionate, speaks French fluently, is passionate about Voltaire, and thinks the feature that tells the most about a woman is her hands. Beautiful, sophisticated women are all over Oscar Grubman. ![]()
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