Rotten
Codirectors Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg work up some believable, easygoing rapport between the young actresses, but since the story line is hackneyed, it's rapport in a vacuum.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Tanner Hall
Lose your way. Find yourself.
2009 · 1h 36m · R
Drama
Directed by
Francesca Gregorini
,
Tatiana von Fürstenberg
Overview
A manipulative childhood acquaintance worms her way into a teenager's circle of friends at an all-girls boarding school.
Director and cast
- Francesca Gregorini Director
- Tatiana von Fürstenberg Director
- Rooney Mara as Fernanda
- Georgia King as Victoria
- Brie Larson as Kate
- Amy Ferguson as Lucasta
- Antonia Steinberg as Dart Girl
- Collin Brown as Townie
- Tom DeNucci as Townie's Friend
- Lillian Adams as Victoria's Grandmother
- Ellen Becker-Gray as Guest at Baptism and Wedding
- Chris Clark as Fair Patron
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
Rarely rises above the generic, though its atmosphere of coddled young people indulging themselves in opulent surroundings is palpably authentic.
Andy Webster, New York Times
Rotten
Ultimately not even the gifted Mara can keep the film from feeling like a gauzy portrait of privilege.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
The performances aren't bad, but the film quickly collapses into an incoherent, tonally inconsistent muddle with no narrative momentum.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
Allows room for a lot of thinking about other things - its cast most notably, since watching their struggle to move beyond the mundane is painful.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
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