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Summary: 1...2...3...GO!
Review: Such an impacting movie for a teenager that lives what Tracy live, day after day in junior high. Everything in the movie is true, all the facts shown are true.
Piercings,shoplifting,sex,drugs!
Experience the Peer pressure with this astonishing and heart-breaking movie by Catherine Hardwicke.
"It all started with a simple commentary"....
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Summary: Raw and Powerful
Review: Ive read countless reviews portraying this movie as unrealistic and "over the top."But the truth is this movie can hit close to home for everyone with a teenage daughter at home.Tracy, played by Evan Rachel Wood,gives a stunning performance as she spirals down the hell of adolescence in her first year of middle school.Sex,drugs,alcohol,and lies are the truth of this movie and the truth of many young girls lives.With the pressure to be popular and the desire to get out of her life Tracy turns to Evie,played by the talented Nikki Reed,for support and understanding.But Evie doesnt really know what she is doing either.She too is just a little girl who is lost in the world of materialism and the need for male affection.This movie is all too real and Evan Rachel Wood deserves an Osar for her amazing performance.
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Summary: The unbearable pain of being Thirteen
Review: "Thirteen" is the most convincing portrayal of the emotional anguish of adolescence I've ever seen. For the people out there who felt and still remember this agony -- not just some variant of sitcom "growing pains," but a searing existential angst that kept you up at night and depressed most days, confused about finding your role in a cruel world, shocked at how cruel you could suddenly be, numbing the pain in whatever reckless ways you could find -- you know what I'm talking about. For those of you who didn't feel it, know that at one time in your life you were surrounded by kids who did. I felt it all as a 13 year old boy in 1987 and made many of the same choices Tracy did: new "cooler" friends," drug use, plummeting grades, hostile rebellion, violent conflicts with stunned parents who only meant well, etc. I survived; at the end of the movie I had tears in my eyes remembering all those hopeless confrontational moments I felt like I wouldn't survive, and hoping Tracy would find a way to survive and become a content adult too.The times and gender may be different from my experiences but the underlying feelings are the same, and unfortunately our current flashy, oversexed, entertainment-worshipping and advertising-oriented consumer culture places such intense pressures on young girls to seek the wrong kind of approval that growing up may be harder than ever. I thought the brief montage of billboards in "Thirteen" before the girls go on their shopping spree helped place some aspects of their behavior in a larger social context. When you're constantly being told what it means to be desirable and popular by pop culture and mass media, but your teachers are unwilling or unable to address these issues, and Mom never has time to really talk, and Dad's never there, it's easy to guess whose message will get through. I read many reviews of "Thirteen" that complained it was over the top, sensationalistic, and a worst-case scenario of teenage behavior. Based on my teenage years and what I've heard of my wife's experiences working with at-risk youth, this movie is very realistic and quite tame compared to what some kids are doing these days. Nothing shocking, unless you live in a bubble. "Thirteen" does not glamorize or condone Tracy's behavior. She's not having fun. Her pain is too real. Comparisons to "Kids," which was an exploitative piece of garbage devoid of any real emotion (unless you count revulsion as an emotion), are entirely unwarranted. "Thirteen" is a well-written, superbly acted film, directed by someone who understands what kids go through, that is definitely worth seeing. To the smug and dismissive reviewers who claim this movie is not at all realistic, especially the middle school teacher: Open your eyes. You are Holden Caulfield's "phonies" and your willful ignorance and detachment make the world a harsher place.
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Summary: The BEST movie that has ever been made
Review: When I first watched this movie it touched me in so many ways. It was so real and horrifying. To think that this happens to teens all around the world! I am glad finally someone made a movie like this one. It's about time for people to see what's going on in this world. This is a great movie and I highly reccomend it.
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Summary: Great movie
Review: Thirteen is a very real movie, probably since the author of the movie was thirteen at the time she co-wrote it. Nikki Reed also acts in the movie, as the bad girl that influences Evan Rachel Wood to go from being a good, A-getting girl to the rebellious, self-destructive, substance-abuser she becomes at the end. Definitely worth the time to watch just to see how friends and wanting to fit in can affect you. When Evan Rachel Wood's character, Tracy, finally realizes what went on because she's going to fail the 7th grade, its too late. The ending isn't really that good, kind of standard but good movie regardless.
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Summary: 13 and acting it
Review: Nothing you haven't seen before, if you're over 13. Good acting and interesting writing considering the age of the co-authors.
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Summary: One of the better kind...
Review: Co-Written by one of the actresses in the film as a sort of auto-biographical account of her thirteen year old life.
Evan Rachel Wood stars as Tracy, a seventh grader over-influenced by her new friend Evie. Evie is played by Nikki Reed, who was the real life Tracy. Its very interesting to look at the film and realise that Nikki is playing the very character that pushed her over the edge, in fact its almost disturbing.
The film features superb lead acting by Wood and Holly Hunter, who plays the most realistic 'movie mother' i've seen in a while. Supporting acting comes with Reed, who knows her character better than any mere actress ever could, and plays her with cruel sincerity, and Jeremy Sisto (Six Feet Under), who is the troubled Brady, Hunter's boyfriend, who is much more dedicated to her than his actions might dictate.
Overall the film is a veritable knockout. The acting is superb, as is the casting. The only complaint here is the storyline is VERY overused. However, this 'coming-of-age-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks' tale is not often painted in so stark a light. The dark nature of the script, coupled with the knowledge that this DID happen to a real person (who, for extra emphasis, appears in the film) glosses over the tired nature of the teen angst drama. But better yet, the 'teens' in this film are for once played by actors that actually move within their age groups. Wood is barely sixteen, a far cry from the twenty-somethings that would normally be expected in this style of film. Reed is eighteen, which allows her to bring the maturity and superiority to her role that is required. Its also quite impressive that a movie this cathartic was written by someone who's probably still in highschool. Reed has truly come far from her real 'Thirteen' experience.
Wood, in turn, has also come a long way from the first role i saw her in, as Sandra Bullock's oldest daughter in 'Practical Magic', as is evidenced by her stellar performance here. I left the film overtly satisfied, and excited to see more of all the castmembers. Moviegoers and art-film connoisseurs: this ones a keeper.
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Summary: REALY real.
Review: My freind told me to let my 13 year old daughter and son to see this. Well I seriously felt like this movie was real. I had to remind my self its just a movie. i recomend all of you parents to let your teens see this. It is one of the BEST movies of the year. It seriuosly can happen to any one. And it all can begin with one comment about your socks. I hope your children get as much out of this movie as I did and my children did.
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Summary: Stunning movie....
Review: This movie paints a realistic window into the scary reality of our kids lives. Evan Rachel Ward plays Tracy, a ordinary thirteen-year-old girl who wants to fit in with the "cool" kids at her middle school. This, of course, involves sex, drugs, body piercing, shoplifting, self-mutilation and all the other methods of traditional teenage rebellion. Tracy comes from a broken home, although her mother, Mel, played by Holly Hunter, seems like a reasonably caring and open-minded individual, even though, in the way she acts and dresses, she seems like little more than a teenager herself. It is this lack of a adult figure in her life that makes Tracy turn to other vices and influences around her. Hardwicke has provided a raw, up front straight forward picture of teenage values in our modern culture. The film doesn't speak for all teenagers, of course, but it does speak for alot of them, narrowing in on the kinds of dysfunctional lives so many of them are forced to live through on their path to adulthood. first time director hardwicke never plays down the graphic detail the realities of Tracy's life, making us see how the need for peer acceptance, an unstable family life and a permissive, valueless society all contribute to the problems children like Tracy face in coming to terms with who they really are. Wood provides stunning believable portrait of a young girl in search of her sense of self and her own unique identity unfortunately she tries to find herself through destructive behavior.. Nikki Reed offers superb support as Evie, the wild and wildly popular girl who puts Tracy on the path to gradual self-destruction. Her performance is gripping ,Atonshing is that reed also co wrote the script for Thirteen. Mel won't be winning any Mother of the Year contests any time soon, but she is a caring person who can't understand what is happening to the daughter she loves. Holly Hunter gives the performance of her career, making the mother neither a hero nor a villain, just a recognizable human being. Hardwicke has chosen to employ a shakey, handheld camera technique which helps make this film seem like a piece of reality. "Thirteen" is a gritty and some times distrubing film on an important topic, a topic that alot of teens are screaming to let the world know. Hardwicke and reeds film is the just a film but to alot of teens it is a reality. so parents sit down with your kids and watch this film.
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Summary: A hidden deleted scene on the DVD!!
Review: There is a hidden deleted scene that you can find and here is how to find it: On 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's release of the teenage drama 'Thirteen' the studio has added a deleted scene, hidden from immediate view. Here is how to get to it.
Insert the fullscreen version of the DVD in your player and on the Main Menu select 'Special Features.' On the following screen highlight the menu entry 'Making Of Featurette' and then press the 'Right' directional key on your remote control to highlight the number '13.' Now, press 'enter' and you will get to see a deleted scene of improvisation from the intervention. This is not a big deal scene but, at least it is an extra goodie to take a look at. Just wanted to let those of you who have the DVD know about this.
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