Dramatic without being totally original, [and] shocking without being too provocative.
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09/18/03
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Thirteen (2003)
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Reviews Counted:142
Fresh:116
Rotten:26
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: An emotionally wrenching, not to mention terrifying, film about the perils of being a teenager.
Theatrical Release:Aug 20, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $4,500,238
Synopsis: THIRTEEN is Catherine Hardwicke's explosive portrait of teenage girls at their very worst. Mean, manipulative, conniving, and utterly out of control, these skinny, sexy, drug-addicted, 13-year-old... [More]
Starring: Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
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09/13/03
A relentless assault of a movie, flooding the screen with horror and empathy.
09/12/03
... despite the raw gut-punch of its direction, its power lies in compassion, not sensationalism.
09/12/03
Although it borders on exploitation in several places, Thirteen packs an emotional wallop.
09/12/03
Top CriticA frank and unnerving depiction of the peer-pressure slippery slope scaled by kids hungry for cool cache in the callous caste system of teenage social politics.
09/12/03
It's a pretentious piece of Valley Girl vileness masquerading as social commentary.
09/11/03
Top CriticAlthough it's not a happy tale by any means - there are no easy or pat answers or solutions - it's certainly an engaging and intriguing one sporting terrific work both in front of and behind the camera.
09/07/03
[An] exhausting and borderline exploitive look at contemporary teendom.
09/06/03
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09/05/03
Despite its neat ending, this powerful film leaves off with many troubling issues.
09/05/03
Harrowing and frequently brilliant.
09/05/03
A powerful drama about a girl, her family and the pressure-cooker temperature of modern life.
09/05/03
You don't necessarily have to be a parent to get the shivers from Hardwicke's detailed delineation of one young girl's shocking descent from perfect daughter/honor student to incorrigible rebel/disruptive influence.
09/05/03
A raw, disturbing look at a world adults would much rather not know about.
09/05/03
Thirteen, a disturbing look at rebellious teens, is galvanized by emotional extremes and wrenching performances. But this gritty indie film also presumes a profundity that its edgy shocks and drama-queen histrionics don't deliver.
09/05/03
Top CriticThirteen is something of a cross between the sincere if heavily varnished family drama Once and Again and in-your-face teenage movies like Larry Clark's Kids, the stuff of which parental nightmares are made.
09/05/03
Top CriticThis piercingly strong movie puts the 'hell' in the Hello Kitty generation.
09/05/03
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September 29, 2005:
"Dogtown" Director to Handle the "Monkey Wrench Gang"
Variety reports that Catherine Hardwicke, director of "Thirteen" and "Lords of Dogtown," will develop "The Monkey Wrench Gang" for Columbia... More...
July 15, 2005:
Trailer Bulletin: Pretty Persuasion
One of Sundance's more buzzed-about films was the dark high school comedy "Pretty Persuasion," and now you can check out the trailer over at Quicktime's Trailer Site.... More...
September 10, 2003:
Haunting, gritty, and very “real,” novice director Catherine Hardwicke delivers a shockingly poignant gem in Sundance’s coming-of-age teenage drama “Thirteen” proving that luck is all in the eye of the beholder. 
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