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Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Holly Hunter, Vanessa Anne Hudgens
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Thirteen |
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Thirteen is a daring film showing just how far one girl will go just to fit in at school.
Tracy is a normal thirteen-year-old girl with some good friends and a loving mother and brother. She is a straight-A student who writes beautiful poetry and kind and caring to all. One day after summer break, she notices that Evie, also thirteen, has become the most beautiful and popular girl in school and, desperate to fit
in for once, tries to befriend Evie.
After a brief emotional struggle while doing so, Tracy is finally accepted. However, the more time she spends with Evie and her new 'group,' not only are her old friends rudely forgotten, but so is her loving mother. Tracy's world begins to spiral out of control as self-mutilation, sex and drugs are introduced. Her mother, Melanie, works hard to bring back the daughter she once knew, failing multiple times yet never giving up. Her determination only fuels Tracy's rage even more, along with Melanie's boyfriend wanting to move back in, Tracy's father never caring, and teachers who are just as confused as her family.
--Jenn Tracy, Resident Scholar
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16 year old Nikki Reed helped cowrote this harrowing tale of teenagers experimenting with drugs, sex, and theft to help pay for the other two. Longstanding friendships are put to the test as a group of troubled teens begin to spin out of control. Holly Hunter is masterful as one of the parents desperately trying to hang on not just to her crumbling family, but her own happiness.
--Alex Emborsky, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- committing crimes
- boozing
- fighting with parents
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- LESBIANS!!!!!!
Age group
- trouble in high school
Sexing?
- boatload of sexing!
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
- general circumstances
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) skinny
unclothed?
- full frontal
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- licking
- lesbians!
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing full frontal--women
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
- A lot of foul language
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