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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Audio Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Featurette
Anxiously trying to fit into the peer-pressure cooker environment of junior high, thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) goes to shocking lengths in order to befriend Evie (co-writer Nikki Reed), the most popular girl in school. Now the two are inseparable--and incorrigible--leaving Tracy's desperate mom (Academy Award winner Holly Hunter) powerless to rescue her from a whirlwind of drugs, sex and crime.
"This movie is an emotionally coherent work--a burning experience of desperation and fleeting exhilaration." David Denby, The New Yorker
"The most powerful of all recent wayward-youth sagas..." Mike Clark, USA Today
"...tender and merciless..." Owen Gleiberman
Editor's Note
THIRTEEN is Catherine Hardwicke's explosive portrait of teenage girls at their very worst. Mean, manipulative, conniving, and utterly out of control, these skinny, sexy, drug-addicted, 13-year-old time bombs are nothing short of terrifying. Hardwicke's movie is brilliant in its ability to portray this phenomenon, which comes off as very real. The skillful photography from cinematographer Elliot Davis communicates the most complicated themes of the film: insecurity, confusion, wanting to be liked and accepted, and feeling like it's time to grow up fast. In an early scene, protagonist Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood), a shy girl and good student, approaches Evie (Nikki Reed), the school's ultra-popular bad girl, and the two size up each other's clothing, jewelry, hair, shoes, socks, and decide to go on a shopping spree. From there Tracy spirals downward, copying Evie's every move in an aggressive game of daring each other to take increasingly dangerous risks--stealing, getting piercings, experimenting with sex, drinking and taking drugs, and much more. All the while Tracy's mom (Holly Hunter) who is a bohemian ex-alcoholic trying to be open-minded and supportive about her daughter's rebellion, slowly loses her authority and her ability to cope with these volatile teens. A booming, excellent soundtrack punctuates the hyper, desperate, manic mood of the girls' behavior, and catalyzes the adrenaline rush that is THIRTEEN.
| Features | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | "Making Of" Featurette | | Full-Length Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Catherine Hardwicke, Co-Writer/Actor Nikki Reed, Actors Evan Rachel Wood and Brady Corbet | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1); Spanish Dolby Surround; French Dolby Surround | | Includes Both Widescreen and Full Screen Versions | | 10 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary | | Theatrical Trailer |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 4/15/2008 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 2220658 | | UPC: 00024543106586 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Brace yourself for THIRTEEN -- it'll cause a commotion..." 09/04/2003 p.150Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...THIRTEEN captures a slice of life that no other movie has ever caught with such unsparing but loving honesty..." 09/01/2003 p.112 Entertainment Weekly
"...The handheld images are grainy and feverish but also startlingly sustained, and they have a way of snaking their way right up to the actors' faces....It has the grip of a thriller..." 09/05/2003 p.54-5 New York Times
"...A movie with moments so realistically painted that your eyes will sting from the fumes..." 08/20/2003 p.E1 USA Today
"...Evan Rachel Wood delivers a performance of white-heat intensity..." 08/22/2003 p.4E Sight and Sound
"...A lot of fun....THIRTEEN maintains an unusual balance between sobriety and irreverence that can catch you off guard..." 12/01/2003 p.55-6 Total Film
"What sets THIRTEEN apart from other teenage flicks is bravery..." 01/01/2004 p.34 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 9 of 10
The acting is superlative, and lacks the histrionics that often accompany high-octane work by young
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Who is this movie for? Not for most 13-year-olds, that's for sure. The R rating is richly deserved, - Roger Ebert
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