Thirteen
It's happening so fast.
"Brace yourself" (Rolling Stone) for a raw, revealing insight into urban adolescence that's so intense and realistic, "it's impossible to turn away" (Interview Magazine).
Anxiously trying to fit into the peer pressure cooker environment of junior high, thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) goes to shocking lengths in order to befriend Evie (co-writer Nikki Reed), the most popular girl in school. now the two are inseparable-and incorrigible-leaving Tracy's desperate mom (Academy Award winner Holly Hunter) powerless to rescue her from a whirlwind of drugs, sex and crime.
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Mixed feelings - movie_goer
This movie does one thing right: It shows how you must NOT raise your kids. Simply because of that I´m giving an average rate I have come to realize that the ones that give a high rank are usually kids and my question is: What use the restrictions have if a kid is watching a R-rated movie?
A powerful and cautionary tale. The filmaker is especially courageous in taking on the popular culture head on. The mainstream pop culture of today has glamorized the lowest elements of fatherless, thug ghetto culture.Shock value - hotdebater
This is basically a movie of those losers that appear on daytime shock shows. Dysfunctional teen being raised by an over indulgent single mom with loser paternal figures. It does not at all portray teens or families that I would recognize or even activities that most teens participate in. While Holly Hunter and her co-star are physically attractive, their attitude is so bad it destroys any attraction one might feel for them. You only wish ill on these two. The movie is as exploitative as the despicable teens in the movie. If you enjoy a cheap exploitative entertainment, you will feel cheaply exploited by this movie. Not at all appropriate for non-adults.Underwhelming. - cathyottawa
It never ceases to amaze me how adults somehow forget what highschool was like.
It really never changes - it has been, and will likely always be about cliques, fitting in, and the importance of being cool. Adults also tend to forget just how important fitting in is at that age; how highschool is your whole world. This film serves as a reminder of that.
Had this not been co-written by an actual teen (co star Nikki Reed), I doubt it would have garnered half as much interest as it did. Critics called it "shocking".
Well, the stakes have gone up, so that, what used to be about getting your ears pierced and wearing a short skirt, is now about belly and tongue rings and midriff tops. What used to be about making out and getting to "second base", is now about having actual sex. I guess that's shocking - if you've had your head in the sand.
It's no secret that our young girls are overly sexualized in this brittney spears/christina aguilara world. There are no big revelations in this movie - and it doesn't seem to offer any advice or answers - just a glimpse into teen life.
I did like Holly Hunter's Oscar nominated performance. This isn't a terrible movie, but it is overrated.
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Mixed feelings - movie_goer
This movie does one thing right: It shows how you must NOT raise your kids. Simply because of that I´m giving an average rate I have come to realize that the ones that give a high rank are usually kids and my question is: What use the restrictions have if ...Shock value - hotdebater
This is basically a movie of those losers that appear on daytime shock shows. Dysfunctional teen being raised by an over indulgent single mom with loser paternal figures. It does not at all portray teens or families that I would recognize or even activities ...Underwhelming. - cathyottawa
It never ceases to amaze me how adults somehow forget what highschool was like.
It really never changes - it has been, and will likely always be about cliques, fitting in, and the importance of being cool. Adults also tend to forget just how important ...