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Tanner Hall

  • 2009
  • R
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
4.2K
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Tanner Hall (2009)
A drama centered on four girls going through their teens years at a rustic boarding school.
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Tanner Hall is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. In a cozy, but run-down New England, the knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming-of-... Read allTanner Hall is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. In a cozy, but run-down New England, the knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming-of-age stories of four teenage girls.Tanner Hall is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. In a cozy, but run-down New England, the knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming-of-age stories of four teenage girls.

  • Directors
    • Francesca Gregorini
    • Tatiana von Fürstenberg
  • Writers
    • Tatiana von Fürstenberg
    • Francesca Gregorini
  • Stars
    • Rooney Mara
    • Georgia King
    • Brie Larson
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    4.2K
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    • Directors
      • Francesca Gregorini
      • Tatiana von Fürstenberg
    • Writers
      • Tatiana von Fürstenberg
      • Francesca Gregorini
    • Stars
      • Rooney Mara
      • Georgia King
      • Brie Larson
    • 20User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Rooney Mara
    Rooney Mara
    • Fernanda
    Georgia King
    Georgia King
    • Victoria
    Brie Larson
    Brie Larson
    • Kate
    Amy Ferguson
    Amy Ferguson
    • Lucasta
    Tom Everett Scott
    Tom Everett Scott
    • Gio
    Amy Sedaris
    Amy Sedaris
    • Mrs. Middlewood
    Chris Kattan
    Chris Kattan
    • Mr. Middlewood
    Shawn Pyfrom
    Shawn Pyfrom
    • Hank
    Ryan Schira
    • Peter
    Susan Misner
    Susan Misner
    • Roxanne
    • (as Susie Misner)
    Tara Subkoff
    Tara Subkoff
    • Gwen
    Annika Peterson
    Annika Peterson
    • Olga
    Alaina Lauren Steinberg
    • Margaret
    • (as Alaina Steinberg)
    Konstadinos Kakanias
    Konstadinos Kakanias
    • Mr. Tependris
    • (as Konstantine Kakanias)
    Lowry Marshall
    • Ms. Wallace
    Joanne Burk
    • School Nurse
    Alexia Rasmussen
    Alexia Rasmussen
    • Gretchen
    Anne Ramsay
    Anne Ramsay
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    • Directors
      • Francesca Gregorini
      • Tatiana von Fürstenberg
    • Writers
      • Tatiana von Fürstenberg
      • Francesca Gregorini
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    User reviews20

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    8JimmyCollins

    An enjoyable coming of age story.

    The draw card to Tanner Hall for me was Rooney Mara and Brie Larson, I really like Rooney in everything she has done and Brie is a scream in U.S.O.T, so I wasn't disappointed when I watched Tanner Hall. Yes it's kind of a story we have seen before, four young girls are facing the challenges of adult hood in different ways, they realize some things in life have consequences and sometimes those consequence aren't worth it. They are students at a country side boarding school that is very strict and only seems to inhabit star pupils.

    To me this movie has a very Sofia Copploa vibe to it, it seemed to me like a cross between The Virgin Suicides and the Eva Green film Cracks, the music, the colors, the actors, the setting, they all have a very Sofia Copploa tone to them, it's very atmospheric in that aspect. Georgia King is really the only character I didn't enjoy, she's so selfish and unhappy in her own life that she decides to bring everyone else down with her, but I suppose she's not a character that you're meant to like, King should tread very carefully as she is in danger if being typecast ad the bitchy English girl at a boarding school as she played a similar role in Wild Child. If there was one story I would have liked to see more it would have been Lucasta's sexual acceptance, it's a story that is I'm sure very common in all girl schools.

    Rooney Mara is so impressive, she is perfectly understated in her role, not too much, not enough, just right, and Brie Larson does her sassy attitude thing splendidly. I also loved Chris Kattan and Amy Sedaris, they brought so much humor to a serious film, and the director knew just when to have them in a scene, they were used to perfection.

    I'm not a girl and I enjoyed this film, but I have to say this is really only one for the gals, but it's great no matter what, highly recommended.
    5gradyharp

    Becoming Women

    TANNER HALL is like a very interesting puzzle delivered to the audience in pieces so disconnected that we never get a final reward form the completion of the puzzle. Written and directed by newcomers Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg it has a script that seems to want to be embellished or at least reinsert what seems to be like fragments of a longer film that still dwell on the cutting room floor. But for what it is, it is an entertaining stage for the presence of some very fine actors about whom, despite the shred of information about each, we learn to care.

    Tanner Hall is an all girls (with the exception of the Head Mistress's son Peter as played by Ryan Schira) somewhere in New England: the stately buildings are crumbling just like the lives of the girls who study there. Fernanda (Rooney Mara sans piercings and tattoos!) relates the story by remembering a time in her childhood when her friend Victoria (Georgia King) committed an act of meanness - allowing an old lady's pet parrot to escape. Hold that thought.

    At the school Fernanda, Kate (Brie Larson) and Lucasta (Amy Ferguson0 are best friends and when Victoria is dropped off to yet another new boarding school by her abusive mother she joins the clack. From this point the entries into love, alienation, mischief, decisions about sexuality, and adultery color the fragments of the film. Gio (Tom Everett Scott) is married and expecting a baby but falls for Fernanda and the two have a challenging relationship. Lucasta must face her conflict as to her needs and rebuffs physical advances form delivery boy Hank (Shawn Pyfrom), and Kate flirts with teacher Mr. Middleton (Chris Kattan) married to the sex obsessed and frustrated Mrs. Middleton (Amy Sedaris). Victoria is left yearning for the world of relationships to make sense but not finding the path. There is the beginning of a storyline as the girls escape confinement with Victoria's theft of a key, but that eventually goes nowhere except fizzle.

    The themes of the film have been used before - and will be used again: girls becoming women is a never ending source of story material. The aspect that makes this little film shine is the presence of the fine acting of Rooney Mara, Georgia King, Brie Larson, and Amy Ferguson. They are a pleasure to watch perform. Grady Harp, March 12
    10GWilliamLocke

    Surprisingly Great - and Tastefully Stylized - Gal Drama

    We, the 99.9 percent of the world that wasn't in attendance at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, have to consider the recent DVD release of Franny Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg's gal drama, Tanner Hall, the film's public debut. So, despite being a movie filmed in late 2008 and not going public until late 2011, this super stylized drama is a 2011 film, and one of the most surprisingly fulfilling watches we sat for all year.

    Staffed with a cast of A-level young talent (led by Rooney Mara, Georgia King and the sizzling Brie Larson), this New England boarding school ensemble flick rolls through scenes with no clear cut story arc, instead playing through as a glimpse into the lives of a group of A-level teen girls going through the way crazy stage of puberty, full blast. Pure fire.

    We see details of relationships morphing when the new girl, Victoria (King), arrives and fearlessly stomps her way into the pack or sisters. The crew's soul captain, Fernanda (Mara), is the most powerful and interesting character, and she's brought to life with grace by the Girl With the Dragon Tats herself. It's a performance that could've maybe even been considered legendary, had only Tanner Hall been treated as a major release. Mara's moves are so good that we have to assume this was the film that helped David Fincher find his new discovery.

    Imagine if Sophia Coppola rewrote the Little Women script for John Hughes in the late 80s and you'll have a good idea of the haunting appeal that is Tanner Hall. As far as film art and storytelling goes, this is one of the great surprises of 2011. An incredible mix of design, writing and performance. Better late than never.
    TxMike

    Mostly inconsequential movie, I enjoyed it for the actors.

    Rooney Mara was about 23, Brie Larson was just 18, here they play high school girls, "coming of age", as they attend a New England boarding school. The movie contains the usual friction among students, friction between students and parents, students and school administrators, and even a student romance with an adult.

    Overall I found it to be moderately interesting but quickly forgettable. Nothing really novel here but interesting to see several actresses early in their careers.

    I found it on Amazon streaming movies.
    RavenGlamDVDCollector

    wanna see Rooney Mara at her glam best? no Dragon Tattoos!

    Oh, that cold old new movie THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. All excited about it, people flock to see. What for? What's so great about it? It's dark and stark and Rooney Mara had to cut off her hair for the part. An ugly, unattractive part. So, it brought her success. But it's a crappy movie. Well, to each their own, if it lights up your life, I'll try to be happy for you.

    But I prefer my birds to be bright and chirpy and flying about fluttering like cute little angels. Which is not exactly the character Rooney portrays, but you get my drift. I mean, just look at lovely, lovely Rooney in the opening sequence as she gets driven to school by her mother, chewing a piece of gum, much to Mom's chagrin. She looks like a cuter version of Elisha Dushku. She has a cheekbone structure to die for. Has got to be one of the prettiest actresses on film. Hell, people, if I looked like that, and they offered me like gazillion bucks to appear in a hit movie, I'd think about what I'd miss every time I passed a mirror. And, on top of that, the even better part that would have come her way anyway, so scrooo your dragon tattoo offer...! That scene with Rooney with the guy and the car amidst the autumn leaves, makes me think of an ad campaign with the slogan 'it doesn't get any better than this.' This is a small movie, with a bad girl that really isn't well-defined, as the Georgia King portrayal turns out to be ultimately toothless. The more well-defined bad girl, the naughty one, the Brie Larson portrayal, as Kate, is more the one that does something awful. She gets banished from the script, unsatisfactorily so. Roller-skating in place, an untimely dismissal...

    There are some laughable performances. Amy Sidaris and her weakling hubby should have been recast. What were they thinking, those two were a wrecking crew. Georgia King was a storm-in-a-teacup kind of adversary. She should have upped her game play at least tenfold. Brie Larson was excellent. Anybody who could come to class (barely-)dressed up for the plum female part of A Midsummer Night's Dream looking like that, wow! But apart from her obvious beauty, she was also entirely convincing.

    Plot has its weak points, but for a dedicated girl-watcher, lots to cheer about. Loads more fun than TGWTDT.

    The decaying, crumbling castle was an excellent choice of location. Does it really exist? No such place found on Google.

    I forgot the actress's name, but the woman who played the mean mom, at the time of watching, I thought she'd have made a perfect Alexis Carrington had they done a DYNASTY remake.

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    • Trivia
      Rooney Mara originally auditioned for the supporting role of Lucasta, but co-director/writer Tatiana von Fürstenberg was so impressed by the young actress, she had her return to audition for the lead role of Fernanda, which Mara won. Furstenberg was delighted with her nuanced performance, saying, "Still waters run deep".
    • Quotes

      Mr. Middlewood: Alright, Kate. Where does it hurt?

      Kate: Oh, it's just my leg.

      Mr. Middlewood: [touching her leg] Here? Does it feel better when I do this?

      Kate: A little bit higher.

      Mr. Middlewood: Higher?

      Kate: Higher!

    • Alternate versions
      Some widescreen versions obscures some of the explicit nudity.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Michael Fassbender/Brie Larson/CeeLo Green (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme Music
      Written by Roger Neill

      Performed by Heather Marie Marsden

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    • Release date
      • January 15, 2015 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 女校青春日記
    • Filming locations
      • Seaview Terrace, Newport, Rhode Island, USA(Tanner Hall)
    • Production company
      • Two Prong Lesson
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,073
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,803
      • Sep 11, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,073
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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