(Blume’s attunement to the rhythms of young adulthood are best captured by an awkward yet non-traumatic, ill-starred date, and in the film’s disapproving yet non-hysterical eye toward teenage drinking. Abruptly thrust into a new high school, Davey struggles to adjust to to a life that includes her increasingly catatonic mother (Amy Jo Johnson), a gradually forgetful younger brother and all the typical miseries of high school. Shortly after her father is murdered in a robbery, taciturn New Jersey teen Davey ( Willa Holland) and her family head out to stay with relatives in Los Alamos, N.M., home of the Manhattan Project, for a brief visit that stretches into an extended stay. Directed by the author’s son, Lawrence Blume (who adapted along with his mother), “Tiger” looks destined for a limited, if appreciative audience. Its hard to believe that Tiger Eyes represents the first major motion picture adaption of a Judy Blume. In the end, it represents a solid blueprint for a later, better Blume adaptation, but that’s hardly anything to scoff at. For a certain type of contemplative teen girl, its sensitive handling of heavy material will surely prove affecting, though the pic sometimes veers too far to the sleepy end of low-key. fiction childrens young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced. Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Like the much-beloved kid lit of its source author, “ Tiger Eyes,” the first proper film adaptation of a Judy Blume novel, is effectively tailored to a very specific target viewer. 221 pages first pub 1981 ISBN/UID: 9781481413879.
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