Holly Hunter,
Evan Rachel Wood,
Nikki Reed,
Jeremy Sisto,
Brady Corbet
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Prolific production designer and art director Catherine Hardwicke makes her directorial debut with the coming-of-age drama Thirteen. Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is a... read more
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Release Date: August 20, 2003
Keywords:
disturbing,
intense,
teen,
realistic,
year old,
holly hunter,
evan rachel,
rachel wood,
Holly Hunter ,
Catherine Hardwicke ,
Evan Rachel Wood,
Nikki Reed
DVD Release Date: January 27, 2004
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June 23, 2011Weird and crazy but at the same time it's exactly what happens at 13 when you're slowly starting to turn into a young woman. I remember watching this at 13 and it really got me thinking.
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May 23, 2011Well let's admit it ,they should had named it sixteen or seventeen OR the actresses had to look younger ,otherwise they underestimate our perception .In the other hand I don't know why but by my point of view it had to be some kind of cruel but it wasn't at all .Also I don't l... read more
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April 15, 2011A Teen movie with a difference, peer pressure and the desire to be popular is demonstrated to great effect in this story and is a tale aimed at all, not just teens or parents, even more interesting was the ability to relate to the teen characters dispite the age gap I hold.
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January 6, 2011A gut wrenching and emotionally alive film with superb acting. Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed completely inhabit these roles and make me believe they are actually these drug infused sex machines who go off the deep end at age 13. Of course I now know that Evan Rachel Wood is a f... read more
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August 2, 2010Shocking and realistic, Evan Rachel Wood delves into another dramatic role, playing the innocent character turned inside out. Great performance by Holly Hunter as the concerned mother.
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July 25, 2010It total showed what teens are up to these days. not the best teen film i have seen.
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July 4, 2010Jeez this movie opened my eyes to how bad teenagers could be. I'm 16 years old right now & I never did any of the things that Evie & Tracy did at 13. When I have kids they will never behave that way. Every parent & teenager should see this movie.
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January 23, 2010I liked the narrative of this and the way it was filmed. It flowed really really well and had some truth to it although I do think it was highly dramatised. Some parts were quite confusing and the character Tracy was really annoying. The performances were amazing.
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Critic Reviews
September 25, 2003
Megan Lehmann, New York Post
September 19, 2003
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's a Kids for a new generation of the too-young -to-be-this -messed up.
September 12, 2003
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Although it borders on exploitation in several places, Thirteen packs an emotional wallop.
September 11, 2003
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
It's a pretentious piece of Valley Girl vileness masquerading as social commentary. Full Review
September 5, 2003
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
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/disrup... Full Review
September 5, 2003
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
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-qu... Full Review
September 5, 2003
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Thirteen 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 ar... Full Review
September 5, 2003
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This piercingly strong movie puts the 'hell' in the Hello Kitty generation. Full Review
September 5, 2003
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Stands as an agonizing look at the giddy energies and terrible pains of characters whose lives have grown beyond their resources to cope.
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