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Thirteen (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 141
Fresh: 115
Rotten:26
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Consensus: An emotionally wrenching, not to mention terrifying, film about the perils of being a teenager.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Dramas
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 time bombs are nothing short of... [More]
Starring: Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
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06/24/06
A horror tale about a subculture in which impressionable girls drift under group pressure into drugs, piercing, self-mutilation, anorexia and shoplifting
11/01/05
A rather basic tale about the perils of going along with the in-crowd and the extremes to which teenagers will act out for attention.
05/04/05
a sober-sided Freaky Friday -- a chance to look through the eyes of a child
01/29/05
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08/07/04
Top Critic Al menos una película se las arregla para decir que el “american way of life” (...) esconde terribles tragedias domésticas.
05/30/04
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03/30/04
Can be admired for the truths it manages to expose, but it can't shake off the cheap feel of its horror movie tactics.
02/05/04
Teens aren't just manipulative tyrants. Only the teens in Thirteen are. Thanks to Catherine Hardwicke's direction, Thirteen moves at the pace of adolescence.
01/30/04
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September 10, 2003:
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