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Thirteen - Do your homework!
europop
Mar 18, 04
I am a teenager my self and I have had friends who have gone through things like this and I 've seen things like this happen, but I dont think the director captured this the right way because a "girl going bad" dosen't happen the way he portrayed it. A "cool girl" just dosent pick up any "goody-two shoes girl" and makes her her own personal "assistant, or so called friend. I think the director should have gotten some real life stories and done his homework.
gsu81: Ok, I hate to be blunt because you're probably very young but I think perhaps you should have done your homework. The film does take from real life experiences. In fact, the movie was co-written by Nikki Reed, Evie in the movie, and Catherine Hardwicke, the director. Thirteen was inspired by situations Nikki experiened at that age. The film is frighteningly realistic. I'm in my twenties and it's scary to think that that's what some kids are doing at such a young age. Thirteen is by far one of the best films of the year.
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wildthang: I agree w/ the person who replied. This is one of my favorite movies beacuse it IS realistic and i went through something just like Tracy did, and cool girls do do things like that to good girls. Im thirteen and it's kinda weird because before i even saw the movie i wanted my tongue pierced and stuff, u sound young because u think it doesnt work like it did in the movie but the thing is that it does in real life.
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Chelsea
Dec 21, 04
i think that it was a very good movie, it has taught the lessons that people should know before they just go and do it. it also shows that her mother does care about her and even tho all teens think that there mothers or parents dont love them, it shows that her mother does care and it has a lot of awesome sences that you really dont see much in movies. and the fact that its based on a true sory really tells you alot. that they learned from there mistakes and became a better person from it. *Chelsea*
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mieka70
Jan 29, 05
I think this is the best movie I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Thirteen - Thirteen
babygirl
Apr 13, 05
Saw it last night, I only have a Son who is 21 years of age but I have nieces and great nieces - and this movie certainly was WORTH watching.
Thirteen - i want to watch this movie
sara
May 31, 05
Harsh movie! The movie start's off with a definit
moviejunkie
Mar 16, 06
Harsh movie! The movie start's off with a definite direction of a junior high girl already likeable and cute. Innocent enough she wants to be cool and change her wardrobe. After being duped by the cool girl at school, she makes here own move to fit in. The cool girls accept here and the journey begins.
The movie then quickly spirals into a world of drinking, drugs, body piercing and sex. Rough camera action and editing hits hard, and makes you feel like you are suffering from the same bad pot hang over as all the actors.
Fun at first, the seriousness brings you way down by the end of the film.
This slice-of-life look at contemporary 13 year-ol
moviejunkie
Mar 16, 06
This slice-of-life look at contemporary 13 year-olds is far more shocking than any horror film in recent years. While you may cringe at the girls' angst and anger, along with their sex, drugs and shoplifting, co-writer/director Catherine Hardwicke and her teen collaborator Nikki Reed score in tackling dangerous issues that need to be discussed openly within each family. It all revolves around peer acceptance and what a desperately geeky adolescent will do to achieve it.
The story begins as two drug-dazed seventh-graders play a brutal game of "Hit Me." Tracy (Evan Rachel Ward) is the vulnerable, insecure, self-mutilating daughter of a hard-working, recovering-alcoholic single mom (Holly Hunter), and Evie (Nikki Reed) is her sassy, seductive, socially sought-after and, therefore, cool best-friend. That they both come from dysfunctional families is a given but the ease with which one corrupts the other is appalling. Neither has a moral base on which to build any resistance to debauchery, and Elliot Davis's hand-held, digital camerawork with its quick cuts reflects their wild, rebellious lifestyle and unpredictable hysteria. Equally horrifying is their deft manipulation of adults, including parents, guardians and teachers, who see them spiraling out of control but are unable, or unwilling, to stop it. On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Thirteen" is an uncompromising, harrowing 9. It's what Catherine Hardwicke calls "cinematherapy," based on psychiatrist Karl Menninger's idea of bibliotherapy, or sharing experiential activities. Problem is: the parents and teens who will see this bleak film together are probably not the families who need it the most. Nevertheless, theaters should pass out brochures from DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) with every ticket.
