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American Teen

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Four high-school seniors navigate their way through the ups and downs of life in their small Indiana town. Hannah is bright and pretty, but a misfit who wants to move to California after graduation. Colin, a basketball player, feels intense pressure to make his town and family proud and earn a sports scholarship. Jake is painfully shy in a group. Megan is smart, pretty and wealthy, and rules the roost at school. Popular Mitch risks his social status to date Hannah.
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American Teen skates some thin ice with its documentary ethics but, in the end, presents a charming and stylish (if packaged) tale.

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Limara Salt Little White Lies 03/07/2009
4/5
Funny and fresh, it won't break boundaries but it will make anyone thankful for growing up. Go to Full Review
Andrew Male Empire Magazine 03/06/2009
3/5
Despite its flashy approach, American Teen remains emotionally involving because of the lives on show. You will care about these people, even if you suspect the director doesn't. Go to Full Review
Dave Calhoun Time Out 03/06/2009
2/5
It's a lightly amusing film but it's also an unchallenging one which reinforces presumptions about kids rather than surprising with new insights. It floats in the shallow end of filmmaking. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/02/2020
3.5/4.0
One of the best films ever made about the high school experience. Go to Full Review
Annie Wagner The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 08/21/2017
American Teen succeeds in being exactly as crisp, entertaining, and useless as a romantic comedy. Go to Full Review
Kevin Craft Miami Herald 04/06/2015
1.5/4
This is not compelling film making; it just makes you hope that these kids will lighten up and learn to enjoy life. Go to Full Review
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Munkhjargal A 08/01/2024 This movie turned out to be a very good movie. It has become a work that has been greatly enjoyed by the audience. I think that the work was born because of the director's poor thinking. It turned out to be a movie that I liked very much. I would like to thank the director and actors. See more Bahad j 07/31/2024 This idea of ​​the film shooting technique director made the film more attractive to people. See more Бавуу Э 07/31/2024 Four high-school seniors navigate their way through the ups and downs of life in their small Indiana town. Hannah is bright and pretty, but a misfit who wants to move to California after graduation. Colin, a basketball player, feels intense pressure to make his town and family proud and earn a sports scholarship. Jake is painfully shy in a group. Megan is smart, pretty and wealthy, and rules the roost at school. Popular Mitch risks his social status to date Hannah. See more Geke g 07/27/2024 Nostalgic and enjoyable American film. See more Munkhchimeg T 07/27/2024 Seems nostalgic movie. Everyone’s life that they go through is not easy and beautiful. See more 04/25/2021 Nostalgic time capsule with little relation and nothing new to offer nor convincingly natural out of suspected contractual staged, invasive observations that feels composited of better teenage genre offering through film and TV than this disinteresting irrelevance. (B-) See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Four high-school seniors navigate their way through the ups and downs of life in their small Indiana town. Hannah is bright and pretty, but a misfit who wants to move to California after graduation. Colin, a basketball player, feels intense pressure to make his town and family proud and earn a sports scholarship. Jake is painfully shy in a group. Megan is smart, pretty and wealthy, and rules the roost at school. Popular Mitch risks his social status to date Hannah.
Director
Nanette Burstein
Producer
Nanette Burstein, Eli Gonda, Chris Huddleston, Owen Katz, Karen Lawler, Anna Molund, Jordan Roberts
Screenwriter
Nanette Burstein
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Quasiworld Entertainment, Firehouse Films
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Smoking|All Involving Teens|Sexual Material|Some Drinking|Some Strong Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 25, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$940.5K
Runtime
1h 40m
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