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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 The script is as overexcited as the girls themselves, and its affirmative ending is unearned. Apr 10, 2018 Full Review Neil Norman London Evening Standard 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. Jan 11, 2018 Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media Explicit peer pressure story for older teens. Rated: 4/5 Dec 29, 2010 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 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. Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Tom Meek Cambridge Day Given the room for platitude and cliche, the film's wholly genuine, gritty and from the heart. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 3, 2020 Full Review Kaleem Aftab The List Thirteen tries too hard to shock... but it is nonetheless a sensational look at the flip side of the American dream. Rated: 4/5 Apr 17, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dionisis T Hell is as teenage girl and this movie is proof of that. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Audience Member i love this movie so much. i relate to it a lot unfortunately. i do not recommend it for people under 13 years old. (also depending on the maturity level) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review Emily P This movie deserves the 81% percent score it received. For Nikki Reed to write a script at the age of Thirteen when she was experiencing everything she was and was sad, angry, and hurt and to have someone help her write something so beautiful, shocking, and saddening. This movie was said to be semi-autobiographical so 50% of the things in this script was fact the other 50% fiction. I loved the choice of everyone who got to be apart of this movie. I won’t deny it I honestly would’ve loved to see Nikki play the character of Tracy since she stated the character was loosely based on herself emphasizing loosely. I personally think there needs to be more movies out there like this one. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/30/24 Full Review s a not bad kinda sad but really good acting Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/03/24 Full Review olive r it made me bawl my eyes out by the end so it gets a A. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/06/24 Full Review Will B Tells the story of troublesome teenagers who go off the rails. Not much of a storyline but easy watching. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Michael London Productions, Antidote Films
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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