American Teen

Name: American Teen
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 25, 2008
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Hannah Bailey, Jake Tusing, Megan Krizmanich

2008

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Paramount Vantage | Release Date: July 25, 2008 | PG-13

Starring: Hannah Bailey, Jake Tusing, Megan Krizmanich

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 toAMERICAN 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 to make profound decisions about the future. (Paramount Vantage)… Expand

Director: Nanette Burstein

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 95 min

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Mick LaSalle

Shows how a documentary can be as moving and suspenseful as the best narrative feature. Read full review

Zack Haddad

Never has a film captured the spirit of being a teenager better. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Though it's compelling enough as soap opera, American Teen digs deeply into why kids grudgingly accept the roles they've been given and the brutal consequences that come with straying outside the lines. Read full review

Desson Thomson

What makes Nanette Burstein's movie so powerful is its uncanny sense of familiarity. Read full review

Rick Groen

So is the result just a case of life imitating pop art, or has the director shaped the footage to enhance the imitation? Read full review

David Edelstein

The movie does get under your skin (the tremulous misfit girl, Hannah, might be a breakout role model), but the way it has been put together reminds me of those animal shows where the crew nudges the gazelles in the direction of the lions with multiple cameras standing by. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

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. Read full review

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MarcD.

Aug 4, 2008

It's amazing how the whole Hannah & Mitch storyline was mirrored the Andie & Blaine storyline from Pretty in Pink. Except not even Blaine would do what Mitch did.