Evan Rachel Wood

Nikki Reed

Holly Hunter

Brady Corbet

Jeremy Sisto

Vanessa Hudgens

Sarah Clarke

Cynthia Ettinger

Ulysses Estrada

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

Jenicka Carey

Jasmine Di Angelo

Tessa Ludwick

Kip Pardue

Cece Tsou

Jamison Yang

Mo McRae

Frank Merino

Charles Duckworth

Deborah Kara Unger

D.W. Moffett

Steven Kozlowski

Java Benson

Brandy Rainey

Yasmine Delawari

Benjamin Anderson

Angelique Bates

Conor Dean Smith

Matthew Muzio

Honore Sato

Cynthia Nibler

David Patykewich

Jordan Elliott

Catherine Hardwicke

Tim Bevan

Liza Chasin

Eric Fellner

Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte

Michael London

Mark Mothersbaugh

Brian Zarate

Elliot Davis

Nancy Richardson

Lance Brown

Jed M. Dodge

Michael J. Fox

Phyllis Ginter

Marilyn Graf

Derek Marcil

Steve Morantz

Chris Navarro

Dennis Twitty

Ben Jensen

Chuck Borden

Gregory Dunigan

Tracey Merkle

Anne Marie Fox

Dorit Hurst

Cindy Evans

Carol Strober

John B. Josselyn

Frank Gaeta

Amy Rosen

Michelle Norrell

Richard Henderson

Shani Ginsberg

Jakki Fink

Erik Soderstrom

Gregory Byrne

Christina Ricci

Hilary Schroeder

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Thirteen

Michael London Productions

Working Title Films

Antidote Films

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United States of America

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Español

addiction

dysfunctional family

coming of age

teen angst

underage drinking

makeover

tattoo shop

peer pressure

overachiever

flunking out of school

glue sniffing

woman director

self-harm

girl with piercings

mother daughter relationship

teenage protagonist

teenager

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This movie is special to me, and it probably always will be. It’s one of the first times I remember feeling “seen” in media as a young person that was starting to struggle with mental illness.

It’s not a perfect movie, and I think some of the scenes shouldn’t have really been graphically shown like they were bearing in mind that this is a movie directed at teenagers. However, that is a reality for some people, and I do understand the inclusion.

Overall though, this movie does a great job at depicting what it’s like to develop a mental illness and troubled family dynamics and how a mental illness can develop in a situation like that. Evan Rachel Wood gives such a fantastic performance as Tracy at such a young age.

I first saw this movie when I was about twelve or thirteen, and although it doesn’t hold quite the same amount of relatability for me that it did then, it still holds up for me close to ten years later. I’m glad it exists and depicts a painful reality, but being able to find something to relate to in that painful reality and that makes you feel “seen” can be something that’s helpful.

Jeez! <em>'Thirteen'</em> gets deep!

I picked this one out on a whim on Prime Video, having known absolutely zilch about it... even after I checked a few minor things about it (checking to see if it has a sequel or whatever, as I do for any film I watch) I was expecting a simple, cliché teen story. I did catch a glimpse of one of Prime's images for it and it looked dramatic, but I just imagined it was the character's overreaction to getting dumped or something silly like that. It wasn't!

Even so, across the opening chunk of the movie I was still anticipating the aforementioned. Yet, from just prior to the midway point really, things get deeper by the minute - not long later, I was genuinely hooked. It's a great film. I guess that's why you don't judge a book by its cover and all that, and why I don't read about flicks before watching them - I love being surprised!

The performances are truly excellent, none more so than that of Evan Rachel Wood - superb! Nikki Reed (even though I kept seeing Charisma Carpenter...) gives a strong showing too, as does Holly Hunter (even though I kept hearing Mrs. Incredible...). Wood and Hunter particularly earn their stripes across the second half. Credit to the rest of them too, including Jeremy Sisto. Feature debutant Vanessa Hudgens is squeezed in there too.

If I hadn't had noticed in my checks beforehand that this shared the same director as <em>'Twilight'</em>, I'm pretty sure I would've known instantly with this - a clear style, notably at the beginning, if a tad questionable in minor moments. I'm clearly not the target of either film, yet enjoyed both - what can I say? Forza, Catherine Hardwicke!

Anniversary Screening & Conversation with CATHERINE HARDWICKE

Thirteen trailer

Thirteen( 2003)

It's happening so fast.

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A review by missmiserys

Written by missmiserys on Mon Mar 02 2020

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