Movie Review: Thirteen
 

"Thirteen", winner of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award, is the story of thirteen year old Tina (Evan Rachel Wood) as she struggles to redefine herself while living the life of a seventh grader. Evie (played by film co-writer, Nikki Reed) represents all that Tina wants: she's popular, she dresses cool and she has the boys dripping off of her.

The rest of the movie has us watching as her mother, Mel (Holly Hunter) fights to understand and reach her daughter, as she falls deeper and deeper into the darkness of her new friend.

Thirteen is a fascinating and frightening view of the struggles of a budding adolescent as she tries to fit in and while finding herself.

Thirteen:

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Deborah Unger

Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke

4 of 4 Stars

i made a thread about this somewhere

Yup, you sure did.

This thread is a review of the movie.

I'm going to post this before I go look it up.

I'll bet that Roger Ebert gave this movie a huge Thumbs (or something) Up. I've noticed that he always manages to give glowing reviews for any movie that features adolescents coming of age, no matter how stupid it ends up being (and I'm not suggesting this movie is stupid, because I haven't seen it yet).

First, I'll hit "SUBMIT REPLY." Then, I'll go look it up.

Yep, I was right. Three-and-a-half stars from old Roger. And lots of praise for the budding sexuality that is tastefully and realistically portrayed.

I have no point, here. Just an observation.

Ebert is cool. He usually gets it right. I'm going to see this over the weekend.