Tiger Eyes
After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Once there, Davey meets a Native American youth who helps her cope after her father's senseless murder.
2 March 1975, USA
6 October 1970, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
10 November 1939, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, USA
4 January 1949, Phillips, Texas, USA
14 March 1952, USA
April 12, 1979 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA
18 June 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 February 1985, Porcupine, South Dakota, USA
12 February 1938, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
19 April 1990, Medford, Oregon, USA
2 August 1962, Piedmont, California, USA
June 13, 2013
... a perceptive work that should connect with young audiences and proves that Blume's emotional ideas still resonate.
June 07, 2013
Remarkably, the story, adapted by Blume with her son, director Lawrence Blume, seems as fresh, painful and poignant as when she wrote it.
August 17, 2013
...scants the rich emotional potential in favor of After School Special cliches
June 11, 2013
Tender, well-acted teen drama is true to classic Blume book.
July 13, 2013
Tiger Eyes' characters are so obvious as to be underlined and color-coded.
October 24, 2013
It's a pleasant-enough movie, but offers little that the book doesn't give its readers; far too quickly, it fades away.
June 07, 2013
Time has robbed Blume's subjects of shock value, but her perceptiveness hasn't dimmed. The movie's sincerity carries it along, and makes this story endearing despite its filmmaking clichés.
June 18, 2013
Guided by a gentle pace, this is a quiet film, in tone and in its acting.
June 06, 2013
A gentle, honest and shrewdly realized film ... It's worth seeking out.
June 09, 2013
A leaden, rushed movie, with Blume's own son responsible for mucking with the nuances of the source material, flattening promising conflicts and painful introspection.
June 07, 2013
This attenuated coming-of-age tale oozes heart and perhaps too much respect for its source material.
