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 Thirteen movie reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But the movie creates the illusion of a linear plot by arranging the incidents so that each successive one is more appalling than the onethat went before.
As a film about 13 year-olds written by a 13-year-old, Thirteen should have been much, much worse, but its scattered moments of clearly-realized adolescent angst are scuttled by a wandering and frequently juvenile approach.
"Thirteen," winner of the directing award at Sudance, is one of the most honest and harrowing depictions of female adolescence ever put to film.
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 Thirteen - Movie Review
Now, together again in 'Thirteen', they play relatively normal individuals, and it is the young women under their guardianship who are instead living on the edge.
Cut to four months earlier, and 'Thirteen' offers a blow by blow account of Tracy's rapid decline from family girl and diligent pupil to a body-pierced, sexually active, drug-using (and -dealing), out-of-control teenage rebel, as the indulgence of her loving mother Mel turns to helplessness and horror.
'Thirteen' is a surprisingly unsensationalised, brutally frank coming-of-age drama, examining the way in which a troubled adolescence both affects, and is affected by, the home environment.
www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/581   (1310 words)

  
 Thirteen (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thirteen is a 2003 film written by Catherine Hardwicke, who also directed the film, and Nikki Reed.
Writers of the movie considered this aspect when creating the movie, but released the movie on the grounds that the movie does portray to which depths of troubles such behavior can lead to.
Both Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood were nominated for Golden Globes the same year, respectively for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress in a Drama.
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 Flipside Movie Emporium: Thirteen Ghosts Movie Review
Once upon a time, there was a man named William Castle, who made movies in the late 1950s of a type you don't see anymore.
Most of them were cheesy horror flicks involving shameless audience gimmicks: nurses checking your blood pressure in the lobby, skeletons sliding on rails across the ceiling, and fl-and-white pictures featuring gallons of very red blood.
Thirteen Ghosts makes up for it, however, both in the gorgeous visuals and in the no-nonsense direction which cuts right to the chase.
www.flipsidemovies.com /thirteenghosts.html   (685 words)

  
 Thirteen : Movie Description, Show times & Film Critics - Olds - CinemaClock.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A frustrating movie to watch because you know from the moment you see that little harlot, Evie, that she's bad news, yet you are forced to witness former good girl Tracey descend to her level at a startling rate.
Parents with young children, the imposing spectre of adolescence looming over them, should see this movie, and realize that the most important thing to combat the kind of debauchery that we see in Thirteen is a good family life and some serious involvement in the lives of your offspring.
As for the sexual commentary, American movies tend to make a huge deal out of the perennial issue of adolescent experimentation, usually depicting it as being out-of-control, purely exploitive or damaging to one or more characters - which research shows is atypical.
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 Thirteen
The movie puts over a febrile and interesting dramatic scenario, but its motors are wholly conventional, pitting parents against children, women against men, the vulnerable blonde against the dark, dangerous beauty.
The movie is thus inflamed with moral ardor, emphatically demonstrating what is going wrong, what hurts are being concealed, what piles of domestic debris are being seen, internalized, and rebelled against by witnesses too young (and unguided) to vent their outrage more safely.
The movie pulls you in so many directions, and its stated goals are so often at odds with the experience of watching it, that the film's disarray is ultimately more interesting than the kinds of disarray it means to represent.
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 Flipside Movie Emporium: Thirteen Days Movie Review
The key to Thirteen Days, Roger Donaldson's gripping new account of the Cuban missile crisis, is creating tension out of an event to which everyone knows the outcome.
Thirteen Days starts by having a good account of the facts and a strong sense of how to mine their inherent dramatic potential.
Thirteen Days presents an account of the crisis from beginning to end, as seen from the eyes of one of Kennedy's senior advisors, Kenny O'Donnell (Kevin Costner).
www.flipsidemovies.com /thirteendays.html   (815 words)

  
 Thirteen Movie Review - Thirteen Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe
Catherine Hardwicke's overheated shocker of a movie comes at you with the same blunt force, and it wants to convince you that this is what your kids are up to, too.
It's a worst-case scenario that preys on parental fears of the monster movie lurking within every teenage rebellion, and it's fed by memories of what we got away with when we were young.
There's truth in that delusion, and in the way the film analyzes the vicious caste system of junior high; both observations probably stem from Reed, who co-wrote the script with Hardwicke when she was 13 herself (i.e., last year).
www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=2584   (527 words)

  
 Thirteen Review (DVD Movie/Film)
A hormonally-charged, occasionally hysterical film, Thirteen is hardly your typical portrait of teenage girlhood.
Hardwicke sets her stall out immediately, with two young girls high on hallucinogens smacking each other around the face with increasing severity, giggling all the while, unable to feel the pain.
The feeling that the movie evokes is exactly what the script evoked as well.
www.futuremovies.co.uk /review.asp?ID=118   (1459 words)

  
 Thirteen Movie Trailer (Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed) Empire Movies
Thirteen Movie Trailer (Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed) Empire Movies
An unflinching look at the sometimes-harsh world of a young teen trying to fit in with a fast group of seventh graders in Los Angeles, chronicling the life of thirteen year-old Tracy, played by Evan Rachel Wood ("Once and Again").
After falling under the intoxicating influence of Evie (Nikki Reed), the most popular girl in school, Tracy finds herself entangled in a fast paced world spinning her sedentary life and emotions wildly out of control.
www.empiremovies.com /movies/2003/thirteen.shtml   (183 words)

  
 Thirteen Movie Review - Thirteen
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Equally horrifying is their deft manipulation of adults, including parents, guardians and teachers, who see them spiraling out of control but are unable, or unwilling, to stop it.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Thirteen" is an uncompromising, harrowing 9.
www.moviereviewcafe.com /movie.php?movie_id=314   (484 words)

  
 Thirteen (2003) Movie Review
There is nothing that can give a person the cold sweats more than that awkward period in time when a young woman goes from stuffed animals to stuffed bras, she loses interest in toys and gains interest in boys, she graduates from Mary Janes to hip huggers, belly shirts and other types of junior slut-wear.
Thirteen is an unflinching exploration of this time of life.
Thirteen leads you to hope that with work, a healing is possible.
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 Thirteen : Movie Description, Show times & Film Critics - Quebec - CinemaQuebec.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I've been presured into doing drugs and its really not my thing but I think it is a great movie and more people should see how some of the 10-15 year old girls on Maury are like whores and they should see this movie and they would know that this movie is like there lifestyle.
Thirteen is a movie where I have seen a thousand of old friends who became like Tracy;adds of druges, sex everytime and consomation.
He made lewd comments about a girl well within earshot of her (it turned out to be the girl) I personally think that the main character was a victim of circumstances.
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 Thirteen: Movie-Source.com Thirteen Movie, Thirteen Preview, Thirteen Review
Thirteen is exceptional because it is one of the few films that really shows the social pressures of upper grade schools.
Thirteen is so good because it is so dark and depressing; it is one of those few films that truly overpowers you by how lost the main characters become.
As for the movie itself, it may be a little too shocking for the Academy, but that doesn't mean it isn't worthy of recognition.
www.movie-source.com /movie_page.asp?movieID=1414   (672 words)

  
 Thirteen Movie Review (Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed) By Reginald Williams Empire Movies
The last time that happened, the movie was called KIDS, was rated NC-17 by the geniuses at the MPAA so that no teen could see it and saw its message about safe sex go unheard.
With an R rating for some of its intense situations, Thirteen and its engrained warnings about what can happen if you don't parent your child effectively at that age, is something that the Freddy Prince Jr.
Thirteen is not a movie for everybody, it's a little too aggressive in tone for teens to sit through without a parent next to him or her but it's acted superbly by actual teens and not twenty year olds.
www.empiremovies.com /reviews/users/thirteen.shtml   (614 words)

  
 Thirteen - Movie Tome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Thirteen, a disturbing look at rebellious teens, is galvanized by emotional extremes and wrenching performances.
Thirteen's troubled heroine is Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood), a promising Los Angeles straight-A student seventh-grader who lives with her brother, Mason (Brady Corbet) and divorced mom, Mel (Holly Hunter).
A recovering addict, Mel is a struggling hairdresser who runs her clip joint at home to be close to her kids.
www.movietome.com /movietome/servlet/MovieMain/movieid-50778/Thirteen   (235 words)

  
 'Lords of Dogtown'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Despite some exhilarating moments, when the skateboarders appear to be flying and curling up and around the curves of an empty blue swimming pool, the movie mainly made me want to track down the documentary.
A fictionalized story should have more wiggle room to explore what motivated the skaters and their hangers-on, but "Lords of Dogtown" seems to omit some key chapters, fails to pepper the action with insight and assumes a familiarity with minor players, such as the flashy businessmen who try to woo the boys.
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke ("Thirteen"), the movie excels in early scenes when the skaters realize all those empty pools -- there's a drought on and people are conserving water -- are their perfect playgrounds.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05154/514853.stm   (714 words)

  
 Thirteen Movie
What follows is both harrowing and compelling: Tracy becomes enmeshed in a relationship with Evie that empowers Tracy and drags her deeper into the misery she wants to escape--and terrifies her mother (Holly Hunter), who struggles desperately to hold on to her daughter's love.
Thirteen is highly recommended for all parents, teenagers, and anyone involved in helping teenagers grow into mature adults.
When I first caught this movie on cable I was flipping channels and the ambience immediately attracted me. The use of dark colors is beautiful and gives you the feel of watching a home movie almost.
www.movie-pages.com /movie/thirteen/B00013RC2K   (854 words)

  
 MovieFreak.Com - "Thirteen" Movie Review by Craig Younkin
At first glance, the most interesting thing about the movie Thirteen is that it was actually co-written by a thirteen-year old girl (co-star Nikki Reed), presumably based on her own coming-of-age experiences.
Thirteen centers on Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood), a seventh grader who appears to be a smart and sweet thirteen-year old kid; however, the call of popularity is too strong for her to resist.
Still, the ending does turn out to be very moving and the two specific performances are brilliant (both should hopefully receive Oscar nominations for their work here), as they lift the otherwise "been there, done that" feel that the rest of the material conveys.
www.moviefreak.com /reviews/t/thirteen_a.htm   (359 words)

  
 Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba.
It is regarded by many as the moment where the Cold War was closest to becoming a real war.
The intensity and magnitude of the crisis also provides excellent material for drama, as illustrated by the movie Thirteen Days (2000), directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood and Steven Culp.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/cu/cuban_missile_crisis.html   (1407 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Thirteen (2002): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
She shot the movie with a digital camera, and it often has the look and feel of a documentary.
The main star of the movie, and the one who undergoes the most changes, is Evan Rachel Wood ("Once and Again"), who plays Tracy as if this were the story of her own life.
"Thirteen" is an amazing film, which despite many uncomfortable moments, manages to stand out as one of the few great movies of the year.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00013RC2K?v=glance   (2312 words)

  
 Thirteen Days Movie Review by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net
This is the topic of "Thirteen Days", the new film from director Roger Donaldson ("Dante's Peak"), which follows the efforts of the White House and the military during those tense two weeks to navigate towards a resolution.
In addition to the suspense generated from Kennedy and his advisors attempting to decipher and anticipate the actions of their counterparts in Russia, additional complications arise from the discord within the administration itself.
Meanwhile, Culp is no stranger to playing RFK, as he played the exact same role in the HBO movie "Norma Jean and Marilyn" from 1996, and he captures the more aggressive nature of the man in his credible portrayal.
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 Thirteen Days movie review
The world came dangerously close to World War 3 and perhaps the total destruction of the planet via nuclear missiles, and this movie walks us through it from the point of view of the ultimate insider.
The movie portrays Kennedy, his brother and O'Donnell as being the young new Presidential team looking for the correct solution to the problem without blowing up the world while the Joint Chiefs and the old guard just wanted to zip into Cuba and blow all of the missile installations up.
We're giving this film a 4 star rating, but I must say this is one of those movies that makes me wish we had half stars.
www.moviesforguys.com /drama/reviews/13days.shtml   (620 words)

  
 MMI Movie Review: Thirteen
They say youth is wasted on the young and never has that been more evident than in the new film, "Thirteen." In a single word, this film is unsettling.
Co-written by fifteen-year-old Nikki Reed and director Catherine Hardwicke, the film is based on Reed's own recent experiences at that tender age, growing up as a wild child in West Los Angeles.
Sadly, "Thirteen" demonstrates that at that age, it's all ammo and no aim.
www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/thirteen-hc-120792894.html   (448 words)

  
 Thirteen Days (2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The man's presidency, short though it was, was fraught with fascinating events and, both in literature and in film, they remain frustratingly under-examined.
Which is why "Thirteen Days" is such a treat.
What the film essentially does is offer us a clearly partly-fictionalised but fairly true to the events account of the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
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 Thirteen (movie) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Thirteen (movie) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
thirteen is a 2003 movie written by (Click link for more info and facts about Catherine Hardwicke) Catherine Hardwicke and (Click link for more info and facts about Nikki Reed) Nikki Reed.
For her role, Holly Hunter was nominated for the (Click link for more info and facts about Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress) Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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 Piercing, emotional ‘Thirteen’ - Movie review archive - MSNBC.com
“Thirteen” is rated R for (and I’ve never seen this combination before) “drug use, self-destructive violence, language and sexuality — all involving young teens.”
She’s behaved all along as Tracy’s friend, and when she finally makes an attempt at parenting, her frustration unfolds in a tantrum on the kitchen floor.
“Thirteen” could have been an after-school special gone horribly awry with its imagery of teen girls drinking, smoking, doing drugs and experimenting with sex — and that’s just in one afternoon.
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 Thirteen film movie trailer review at The Z Review
Thirteen will be released on Region 1 DVD in the US on the 27th January 2004.
Holly Hunter said she couldn’t resist appearing in new movie Thirteen as
This page has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film and intellectual copyright holders of Thirteen and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
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 Thirteen
THIRTEEN is Catherine Hardwicke's explosive portrait of teenage girls at their very worst.
"'Thirteen' is the kind of film (like the even-worse 'Kids') that will be described as 'shocking' and 'a wake-up call' by critics who haven’t had any contact with actual kids since their own adolescence."
"One of the qualities that sets 'Thirteen' apart from the hundreds of other 'teen tragedy' stories that have been presented over the decades is its unwillingness to fall back on convenient labels and the usual soap operatics."
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