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Thirteen

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Honor student Tracy Freeland (Evan Rachel Wood) has a troubling home life, but she is close to her mother, Melanie (Holly Hunter). While trying to conceal her inner turmoil by excelling academically, she befriends the calculating Evie (Nikki Reed), her school's queen bee. Evie talks Tracy into experimenting with drugs, exploring her sexuality and pickpocketing strangers to finance shopping sprees -- but before long, Melanie realizes she must step in and stop her daughter's destructive lifestyle.
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An emotionally wrenching, not to mention terrifying, film about the perils of being a teenager.

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Amy Taubin Film Comment Magazine 04/10/2018
The script is as overexcited as the girls themselves, and its affirmative ending is unearned. Go to Full Review Neil Norman London Evening Standard 01/11/2018
It is here that the performances pay emotional dividends. The sight of Hunter kissing her daughter's self-inflicted scars as if trying to kiss away the psychological pain that raised them will haunt me for some time. Go to Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/29/2010
4/5
Explicit peer pressure story for older teens. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 02/13/2024
The film remains a searing time capsule of a place, and a timeless elegy for that messy period in girls’ lives that we’re all lucky if we make it out in one piece. Go to Full Review Tom Meek Cambridge Day 10/03/2020
3.5/4
Given the room for platitude and cliche, the film's wholly genuine, gritty and from the heart. Go to Full Review Kaleem Aftab The List 04/17/2019
4/5
Thirteen tries too hard to shock... but it is nonetheless a sensational look at the flip side of the American dream. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Aspen S Oct 12 It was an uncomfortable movie from how relatable it is to young teenagers. At some points it felt unrealistic but at other points it felt very relatable. See more Taylor H. @TH0809 Aug 30 It has its flaws, but this is an important movie. See more James E Aug 28 This is deeply uncomfortable, largely because of how real it feels. The lead cast does a great job at selling how hard life can be at this age. See more Gemma F Aug 18 I love this show so much, coming from a teenager i related to some of the parts and could watch it all day. See more Lynne M Aug 16 I've been wanting to watch this film since 2003! Finally got around to it. With an older mind and maturity level. So that is definitely my lens. I sometimes think the best movies aren't the ones with perfect production values, but the ones that come back to haunt you, involuntarily, the next few days. This is such a film. I found the hand-held camera shots, and the frenetic pacing of the film annoying, and kind of amateur, but I understand (at least I think I do) that is the director's way of illustrating the lifestyle of this family. It's not only the 13-year-olds that wear the many bracelets; low-cut tight jeans; cut-off t-shirts; and Braveheart-style braids; it's the adults, too. Immature adults are raising the kids, and that is a major part of the protaganist's problem. Throw in a new friend who is a manipulative prodigy, but pretty and popular, and you've got problems. Sounds like normal teenage probs for millions of kids today, but then you really understand this girl's pain at the end, in a gut-wrenching scene between mother and daughter. I think it's important to remember, that this girl is 13, not 17, and there is a profound difference - we are talking about the seventh grade people! The emotional pain of an intelligent, sensitive 13-year-old is not to be underestimated. Too often I think we do. Food for thought. See more Elena F. @girl990967 Aug 11 This movie was really entertaining it was definitely and emotional movie and had a backstory to it See more Read all reviews
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Catherine Hardwicke

Director

Holly Hunter

Melanie

Evan Rachel Wood

Tracy

Nikki Reed

Evie Zamora

Jeremy Sisto

Brady

Kip Pardue

Luke

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Synopsis Honor student Tracy Freeland (Evan Rachel Wood) has a troubling home life, but she is close to her mother, Melanie (Holly Hunter). While trying to conceal her inner turmoil by excelling academically, she befriends the calculating Evie (Nikki Reed), her school's queen bee. Evie talks Tracy into experimenting with drugs, exploring her sexuality and pickpocketing strangers to finance shopping sprees -- but before long, Melanie realizes she must step in and stop her daughter's destructive lifestyle.
Director
Catherine Hardwicke
Producer
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, Michael London
Screenwriter
Nikki Reed, Catherine Hardwicke
Distributor
20th Century Fox, Fox
Production Co
Antidote Films, Michael London Productions
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Self Destructive Violence|Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 20, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.6M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround
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