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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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Reviews for Thirteen
Startling and it contains moments of palpable feeling, particularly between Tracy and her supportive, distracted mother.
09/05/03
[A] jarring and beautiful movie.
09/05/03
It's not an easy film to watch, especially with your parents or your kids, but Thirteen is by far the most important film to emerge this year.
09/05/03
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09/05/03
Stands as an agonizing look at the giddy energies and terrible pains of characters whose lives have grown beyond their resources to cope.
09/05/03
Top CriticThirteen pulls no punches when it comes to showing how the stress and peer-pressure facing teenagers today can quickly turn someone's world upside down.
09/05/03
Gritty indie After School Special.
09/05/03
Burns with emotional truth.
09/04/03
Top CriticThe movie is a descendant of 1950s juvenile- delinquent melodramas, but it has a chilling emotional authenticity.
09/04/03
Girls just wanna have fun in Thirteen, an uncompromising look at a young girl's descent into troubled teendom.
09/04/03
Everyone needs to see this film -- mothers, kids (from 11 up), grandparents, anyone who deals with preadolescents.
09/03/03
Acting is excellent, and Hardwicke gives it a grainy video realism, but the film feels random and formless, with a flat, inconclusive ending.
09/02/03
This fiercely realistic, truthful movie is one of this year's scariest offerings.
09/02/03
... [Director Catherine] Hardwicke...clearly has talent and an eye for realism - though her reliance on the old shaky-cam gets a little tiresome after a while.
08/31/03
May be the most emotionally wrenching film some parents will ever watch.
08/31/03
An uncompromising and beautifully told slice-of-life about the human condition of transitioning from a child to an adult...Evan Rachel Wood delivers one of the most courageous and emotionally raw performances in years.
08/30/03
Catherine Hardwicke’s idea of context is the trite schematics of schoolyard popularity.
08/30/03
It feels like real life unfolding before your eyes.
08/29/03
Top CriticThe creation of teen-girl culture seems almost pitch-perfect.
08/29/03
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November 30, 2006:
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This week at the movies, we've got a new take on the first Noel ("The Nativity Story," starring Keisha Castle-Hughes), endangered Americans in Brazil... More...
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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