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  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary AMERICAN TEEN is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the lives of four teenagers - a jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek – in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle...

Directed By: Nanette Burstein

Written By: Nanette Burstein

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 35 m

American Teen

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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Summary AMERICAN TEEN is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the lives of four teenagers - a jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek – in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle...

Directed By: Nanette Burstein

Written By: Nanette Burstein

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
66
62% Positive
18 Reviews
34% Mixed
10 Reviews
3% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
66
62% Positive
18 Reviews
34% Mixed
10 Reviews
3% Negative
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100
The documentary American Teen is the most realistic movie you will see all summer.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
88
The kids are real and their stories enthralling: When it comes to drama, there's nothing quite like high school.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
75
An entertaining slice-of-life documentary that gets ever more fascinating as it moves along.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
70
Even when it's ripping off "Juno" and "The Hills," American Teen is fascinating in the way of every good documentary--the more time you spend with anyone, the more they surprise you.
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60
This is the kind of movie the people in it might have made, which means that its revelatory power as an investigation of teenage life in America is limited.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
50
Unsurprisingly, the formulaic "Breakfast Club" casting yields a formulaic narrative.
By M. E. Russell FULL REVIEW
20
At times it's almost like "Lord of the Flies," with the camera serving as the flypaper dipped in the honey of the promised land of celebrity.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 57th & Irving Productions, A&E IndieFilms, Blacklist, Firehouse Films, QuasiWorld Entertainment
Release Date Jul 25, 2008
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Remember high school? It's gotten worse.
Website http://www.americanteenthemovie.com/
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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