Smooth Talk

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.

Cast

Laura Dern

as Connie Wyatt

Treat Williams

as Arnold Friend

Mary Kay Place

as Katherine Wyatt

Levon Helm

as Harry Wyatt

Elizabeth Berridge

as June Wyatt

Margaret Welsh

as Laura Condon

Sara Inglis

as Jill O'Mara

William Ragsdale

as Jeff

Geoff Hoyle

as Ellie Oscar

David Berridge

as Eddie Hunter

Reviews

clipper314

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 d...

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