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.
- Awards
- 2 wins
- Roxanne
- (as Susie Misner)
- Margaret
- (as Alaina Steinberg)
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- TriviaRooney 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 versionsSome widescreen versions obscures some of the explicit nudity.
A main indicator for how good (or how poor) a movie is, is how well they can reach their target audience. Despite competent casting directors, set directors, and cinematographers, "Tanner Hall" is just way too slow to really engage their youthful audience. We are slowly introduced to Fernanda (Rooney Mara), Victoria (Georgia King), Kate (Brie Larson) and Lucasta (Amy Ferguson). And then with poorly thought out drama (and no comedy) we venture forth as they struggle with coming of age.
Victoria is a trouble-maker, but one misplaced early scene ruined any chance for a strong moment of empathy for her character. Kate is a sexually adventurous trouble-maker and the one with the best chance for intrigue and suspense but she was only the third main character. Fernanda is supposed to be a good girl but then she falls into temptation with an older man. Lucasta, the fourth-billed, was struggling to figure out what kind of girl she was, wanting to understand what she was attracted to and what was attractive about her. Clearly, this is the most sympathetic character and the one that every girl could relate to in one way or another. But instead, the writers and directors made us spend most of our time with Fernanda whose extracurricular activities were not only immoral but illegal too and completely unrelatable to the normal school-age girl.
The grown-up, slowly maturing, adult version of me couldn't connect with any of the girls and found it awfully hard to sit through. The teenage girl version of me would have been able to connect to one of the girls, but it wouldn't really be worth my time.
Don't bother seeking out "Tanner Hall". Just because Rooney Mara is now famous, and an Oscar nominee, doesn't mean we need to start releasing her earlier, forgettable work.
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- Feb 18, 2012
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- Also known as
- 女校青春日記
- Filming locations
- Seaview Terrace, Newport, Rhode Island, USA(Tanner Hall)
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,073
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,803
- Sep 11, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $5,073
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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