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Close Call (2003)

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Critic Reviews: 3
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Average Rating: 2.6/5
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The harrowing journey of a desperate teenage girl trapped in a self-destructive downward spiral offers an illuminating portrait of the breakdown of the contemporary American family in director Jimmy Lee's tragic coming of age story. Jenny Kim is a sixteen-year-old girl who was raised on the soiled streets of Los Angeles, and when family strife drives her parents to divorce the confused young girl the horrors of the outside world seem to break down the doors of her once-happy home as well. Now,

Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Oct 17, 2006

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Ineptitude abounds in this ham-fisted thirteen wannabe.

May 4, 2004 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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Too inconsequential and too earnest to belong in the So Bad It's Good category; rather, it's merely bad.

April 28, 2004 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Silly, often unintentionally hilarious potboiler.

April 16, 2004 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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A poorly executed DIY production replete with all the un-tethered irresponsibility and overly demonstrative signifiers one would expect.

April 26, 2004 Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | Comment
Entertainment Today

Lee has heaped so many social ills on his heroine that it's difficult to buy any of it.

April 16, 2004 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | Comment
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Granted, this film may seem slow and boring, but I honestly like it because of the fact that it shows the chaotic life of a teenager, and it also shows the adults trying to understand save her from going down the wrong path. It may be a bit cliched, but its definitely worth the time to watch and is enjoyable on a

April 8, 2009
codebreaker2001
Daniel Strickland

"Men will sit through the most boring pointless movie if there's the slightest chance a woman will take her top off," Elaine Benes. Sex, drugs, smoking in the girls' room, teenage rebellion, etc. are portrayed here in this caricature of a movie they call this based-on-true-story waste of time. What's her problem? So

May 25, 2010
olaf the berserker
jerome lupisan

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