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Little Man Tate

1991 99 min PG Drama · Family

It's not what he knows. It's what he understands.

Jodie Foster directs this portrait of giftedness. A single mother struggles to raise her child prodigy, balancing his intellectual needs with his emotional development. It's a movie that perhaps mistakes precocity for depth.

Directed by Jodie Foster · Written by Scott Frank

Starring Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Adam Hann-Byrd, Harry Connick Jr., David Hyde Pierce, Debi Mazar

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