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Thirteen
Bellevue Films

Thirteen reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 78 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.1 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Hermine Douglas, Alan Douglas, Anisa Dickens, and Dynisha Dickens

The quasi-documentary story of a year in the life of 13-year-old Virginia native Nina and her mother.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: David D. Williams  
DIRECTED BY: David D. Williams  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: June 2, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 87 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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90
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
With the devout collaboration of the cast, Williams blurs the boundary between experience and storytelling as if the distinction were not only irrelevant but presumptuous.
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90
Village Voice J. Hoberman
The movie is as eloquently uninflected and filled with quirks as its star.
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88
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
One of the truest films I've seen about the ebb and flow of a real relationship.
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80
The New York Times Stephen Holden
For all its narrative glitches and its homemade quality, Thirteen evokes the rhythm, texture and tone of Nina's world in a way that a more carefully scripted film never could.
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75
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
The acting is amateurish at times, but always convincing.
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63
New York Post Hannah Brown
Watching Thirteen is like spending an hour and a half with a poker-faced teen who's obviously unhappy but refuses to talk about what's wrong.
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60
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
This quietly gripping film is both universal and particular.
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