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  • 2022
  • PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary After his parents' divorce, Evan Goldman moves from New York City to small-town Indiana. As his 13th birthday nears, he must master the complex social circles of his new school and win friends by turning his Bar Mitzvah into the coolest party ever.

Directed By: Tamra Davis

Written By: Robert Horn, Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish

  • 2022
  • PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m

13: The Musical

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary After his parents' divorce, Evan Goldman moves from New York City to small-town Indiana. As his 13th birthday nears, he must master the complex social circles of his new school and win friends by turning his Bar Mitzvah into the coolest party ever.

Directed By: Tamra Davis

Written By: Robert Horn, Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
57
40% Positive
2 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
20% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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40% Mixed
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20% Negative
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70
Aug 19, 2022
13: The Musical is just catchy enough to make you forget how facile it is. It’s not greased lighting, but it glides right along.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 12, 2022
While every image is as bright and colorful as a new box of crayons, the kids themselves never come across as artificial, thanks in part to Jamal Sims’ naturalistic but crisp choreography, which emphasizes stomps and leans and long-legged strides.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 12, 2022
The changes make this “13” look and feel more like a conventional Netflix teen movie — all about puppy love and jostling for popularity — rather than the one-of-a-kind theatrical experience it once was. But Jason Robert Brown’s songs are still incredibly snappy, turning common adolescent experiences like crushes, first kisses and going to horror movies with friends into up-tempo bops.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
48
Aug 12, 2022
Apart from some stray moments of youthful exuberance, the film version of 13 has been scrubbed as clean as any high school musical, so that it resembles any number of sitcomy streaming programming—erasing the very novelty that made it sing on stage.
By Jesse Hassenger FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 12, 2022
With nothing of substance to chew on, the only thing a (committed) viewer can do is strap in for the 90-minute runtime and wait to hear a tune they like - and hope that, once it's over, they emerge earworm-free.
By Alexander Harrison FULL REVIEW

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3.5
25% Positive
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Production Company Netflix, Zadan / Meron Productions
Release Date Aug 12, 2022
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Raise Your Voice. Even if it Cracks.
Website https://www.netflix.com/title/80222822/
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Awards

ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Nomination

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