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'Tanner Hall' is a 2009 drama film about four girls coming of age in boarding school. It was written and directed by Tatiana von Frstenberg and Francesca Gregorini. It stars Rooney Mara, Georgia King, Brie Larson, Amy Ferguson, Tom Everett Scott, Amy Sedaris.

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2009, before being released on September 9, 2011, by Anchor Bay Films.

Plot



As Fernanda enters her senior year at Tanner Halla sheltered boarding school in New Englandshe is faced with unexpected changes in her group of friends when a childhood acquaintance, the charismatic yet manipulative trouble-maker Victoria, appears. Shy and studious, Fernanda is usually the voice of reason among her friendsadventurous and sexy Kate and tomboy Lucasta. Jealous of Fernanda's exciting relationship, Victoria begins to sabotage Fernanda's plans and plots to publicly humiliate her.[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tanner-hall/ "Tanner Hall (2011)"]. "Rotten Tomatoes". Retrieved January 2, 2012.

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Release



It was the first feature film for von Frstenberg and Gregorini that had its world premiere as an Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2009. It was well received at the Hamptons International Film Festival and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature at the Gen Art Film Festival. It was picked up by Anchor Bay Films, a division of Anchor Bay Entertainment, and was released in theaters September 2011. It was later released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 13, 2011. The extras contained audio commentaries of the directors and a trailer of the film.

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Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 12% score with critics (two of the seventeen reviews being positive) and 27% score with audiences, a "Rotten" rating for both.https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tanner-hall/ Rotten Tomatoes reviews Aggregate review site Metacritic scored it 40 out of 100 from 10 reviews, indicating mixed or average.https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tanner-hall Metacritic reviews

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References



* http://www.newschoolers.com/index.html

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100902141806/http://www.if3.ca/if3/likealion2010


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