Thirteen
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Movie Reviews of Thirteen
Movie Review: I Didn't Find It Hard To Believe
Summary: 5 Stars
I have seen tons of reviews for this film and some say this movie is very realistic and a lot say it isn't. I for one say that this movie is very real. I don't really think this film is a shock for parents but more of a wake up call to let them know what they think they know they really don't know. Thirteen also presents the problem of the single mother that gives her child space and whatever else she can but her daughter is still going in the wrong direction. She was an A student and the perfect happy daughter but peer pressure is all it takes to change someone.
The amount of bad language is right on target and some may say it's not but I know tons of kids that learn bad words before and while their in elementary school. Thirteen is a tender age and how can you say this is an unrealistic movie when you see kids this age on TV all the time and they go from perfect kids to disrespecting their parents, getting terrible grades, doing drugs, and anything else that is a parent's nightmare. Not every child is the same nor is the community that surrounds them but even with good support this happens and it happens more than people think. Thirteen shows the truth and no not all teens do this but a good percentage of them do.
It shows the teen life in a way that all teens know but adults do not and if thirteen is this bad wait till people see how hard it is being sixteen and seventeen these days. The acting is sharp and the kids do look like they're thirteen. It's a good film for a teen to watch with their mom and dad and every once in a while during the movie parents ask your kid if they are having these types of problems.
Movie Review: Certainly not a 'date' movie by any stretch ......
Summary: 5 Stars
Thirteen is one of those rare films that slaps you in the face and tells you to pay attention because 'there for the grace of God' could go you or your kids .... Of course reality does have a tendency to creep in. I mean what do you expect from a dysfunctional family in the throes of trying their darndest to overcome drug or alcohol addiction. Did you expect the kids to be knitting sweaters while mom bakes golden crips apple pies. I think not!
Thirteen takes a young, grade seven, thirteen (of course) year old girl, Tracy, as she decides to leave aside her teddy bears and fall into the trap of conforming to 'hip' peer pressure. The problem for Tracy is that to get that peer approval she yearns for requires her to let one of the newfound friends, Evie, to latch on. Evie, practically moves into Tracy's house while begins to spin her hedonistic web around her new victim 'de jour' ...... Evie of course is no more and no less than one of the world great users and leeches ......
In a matter of months Tracy's life begins to unravell before our eyes as she now drinks, steals, does drugs, looses her virginity, lies, cheats, fails in school ...... and last but no least begins body piercing, tatooing and self mutilation with half hearted attemps to get attention by trying to commit suicide....
Yes quite a busy four months of the first semester in grade seven I might add ...
The good thing about the movie is that is does not preach nor does it really present any solutions to the problems of this girl or the family ....... but, certainly be prepared to suffer while you watch this family unravelling right before your eyes ....
Movie Review: This is no joke...
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen "Kids", Bully and all the other teens gone bad movies...Thirteen is the one that really got me! It broke my heart, and scared the hell out of me! I have a daughter (17) and this is real! It can happen if you allow it too or if your luck is bad enough for some good ole' fashion Karma to catch up 2 you. Katherine Hardwick(Lords Of Dogtown)and Nukki Reed wrote this script in a week...a semi-autobiographical telling of Reed's real life. There's drugs, sex, cutting, and alcohol running freely in Evies(Redd) world and Tracy( Woods) sees it and wants in...at what cost though? Holly Hunter sells the stressed out on the edge herself Mommy....equipped with an unsuccessful home buisness, smoking and alkie abuse herself as well as letting men abuse her too...Physiologically she sells Tracy to Evie and is a sucker for their tricks until it goes too far and Hunter's character puts her foot down and loves her daughter back home...she has to put space between Evie and Tracy, which finally happens but before you see Tracy and Evie use drugs, alcohol, sex and go thru a cutting phase that's very real...Nikki Reed is an amazing talent( recognized form Lords of Dogtown and Cherry Crush) wow!!! This girl has it in a sexy way...young but extremely sexy in her roles...she could have redone lolita and knocked it out of the park. This is a real look into the world of teen girls gone to the other side...be careful not all come back home...this is a movie for every dad and mom to watch & breathe in...it can happen to you too! the language used and the description of sex, cutting, drugs, breaking the law(theft)is truly eyeopening.Movie Review: a painful reminder of who we are as a people
Summary: 5 Stars
Thirteen, co-written by Nikki Reed who also co-stars (Nikki) as the popular teenager archetype is a terrifying examination of the realities of being a teenager today. What is so gripping is the causal realities of expressed in this film: damaged people who inflict their wounds on their youngsters through apathy, divorce, and drug and alcohol addiction. We witness the effects on their families as both Tracy (Rachel Wood) and Evie (Nikki Reed) find themselves in a self-destructive relationship each exploring the world of drugs and sex and peer pressure. You can see why each of them are drawn both to each other and to the world they inhabit and it feels more like a documentary than a film. As the film draws to a close the relationship comes apart and Tracy is given a second chance to turn things around while Evie will continue the slow destructive path to who-knows-where. Holly Hunter is brilliant as Tracy's Mom having to capture the character of a recovering alcoholic who's life is in turmoil without ever going for the TV movie of the week tear jerker.
The ending is a painful reminder of how hard it's going to be for both of them. What terrifies me most is how it is obvious that this trend will continue and how families today are little different than families of any generation except the accessibilities of drugs and sex makes for a terrifying reality that I doubt will change. Thirteen will leave you with a sick stomach and a chilling reality. It's not so much about plot as it is a character study that is so real that as a parent you will loose sleep over it. I guarantee it for I did!
Movie Review: Stunning, Shocking (to me)
Summary: 5 Stars
"Thirteen" may not shock you--I've read enough reviews on this site to know that--but the power of the three lead performances should stun you. Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is a smart, serious 7th grader with some aching holes in her life. Her mother (Holly Hunter) is loving. However she's a recovering alcoholic with a former coke-addict boyfriend and a very noisy hairdressing practice that she runs from her home. Tracy returns from school every day to total chaos. Tracy's father seems stable on the surface but he is struggling to stay employed and is often absent from her life.
At some point, Tracy snaps. She courts Evie (Nikki Reed), the most popular (i.e., sluttiest, fastest) girl in school by changing her clothing style and pickpotting money for an afternoon of shopping. From that moment on, the movie is a series of vignettes of Tracy's slide into sex, drugs, alcohol, and petty crime. "Thirteen" does not have a traditional plot: instead it takes you from point a to point b in Tracy's life with no neat resolution.
The three lead actors are outstanding. Evan Rachel Wood captures the heartbreak and the brutality of being thirteen: one minute you're a little girl, the next Lolita. Nikki Reed is a dangerous femme fatale in the style of Barbara Stanwyck. Holly Hunter captures a mother in denial beautifully. She knows but she doesn't know. And she really doesn't want to know.
I would recommend this movie to individuals who gravitate towards serious, art films. You don't need to be thirteen or have a thirteen-year old to appreciate it. In fact, by the end, you may be very glad that you're not either.