Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Dreadfully Boring

Best movie of this year hands down!

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

As many others have outlined in these reviews, this is a classic. This film is so effective, they show it to adolescent girls in schools across America.The pitfalls for young girls in America today are many fold, as this film shows us.I have slightly different tack.What has happened to America such that a girl like Evie is the envy of every girl in the school? Or, could this only have happened in Los Angeles? Intentionally or not, this film demonstrates how traditional family values in America have been subverted by a culture that sells 'Cool', 'Hip', and yes, multiculturalism at all costs. By traditional values, I'm not talking about church going, bible thumping, I'm talking about work ethic, valuing intelligence, desire for success, etc.Whether or not it was the intention of the filmmakers, Evie and cohorts were behaving like young African American girls.This film shows the issues that affect adolescent girls in America today, but it also exposes a cultural climate that is toxic for families trying to raise children with proper values.This film is now 14 years old. Its become evident how this subversion and toxicity has affected a generation.

I don't really get into this movie as it's a totally outmoded now with the today cellphones, social networks, etc… The period was not mine either because i was already too old. Thus except Holly and the atemporal parenthood / teen thematic, i don't have other connections and maybe that explains why i was bored ! The image quality was far from good with this blue, greenish look and this family is a big nonsense : if all parents were unable to educate, supervise their teen because they work or because they have a love story, that would be the most shameful excuse ! Sure as a teen, i resented parental check-up, i tried some awkward experiences but this is a prerequisite to autonomy as an adult ! As it's an almost feminist movie (mothers & daughters) and because i feel more nerd, i felt expelled. The only good moment was the shopping because as I went there too and now I can tell that LA isn't as glamorous as we can think : Hollywood boulevard really stinks with weirdos ! At last, it's again a movie in which Holly loses all her charm and i deeply regret her early ones !

Thirteen is the story of two (you guessed it) thirteen year old girls, growing up in Los Angeles. One (Tracey) is growing up 'the right way,' i.e. she studies hard and is generally nice, whereas the other (Evie) is too mature for her own good, engaging in all sorts of illegal vices. However, she's also thought of as both 'popular' and 'cool.' Therefore Tracey is drawn into her world and things start to spiral out of control from there.You can probably guess what out of control thirteen year old girls get up to when they're left to their own devices, so I won't dwell on that. Instead, I'll mention some of the criticism the film got, namely that too much happens too quickly. That may be true. In real life perhaps all these tragic events wouldn't happen all at once and to only one person (think 'Kidulthood'), but this is a story after all and it would probably be a lot less interesting if the worst thing that happened to Tracey was that her god ate her homework. Secondly, people have said it exploits the underage female actresses. They may have a point on that one, but then so to the filmmakers, who aren't afraid of shying away from what kids actually get up to.Thirteen is pretty hard-hitting. It's one of those films that's about kids, but you certainly wouldn't want to let your kids watch.If it teaches us one depressing lesson, it's that people who appear nice are usually not. I found this the most realistic part of the whole film. Evie is - on the surface - lovely. She's polite to adults, always has the right answer for everything and isn't afraid at lying and dropping someone else in the brown stuff to cover her own despicable actions. Unfortunately, I have met a fair few people like that in life. They're poison and they need pointing out so others don't fall for their act.Don't expect all sweetness and hugs from these girls. It's pretty powerful stuff and you have to be in the right mood to watch a film like this.I'm just glad I was playing on my Megadrive at thirteen and not on the streets of L.A.

I love movies. Just in general. And I have never shut off a movie halfway through just because I feel all movies need the full run time to redeem themselves. This didn't. At all. In fact, it just got worse. Keep in mind I'm the type of person who rarely dislikes a movie, let alone hates it. Mostly because I only watch movies I think I'd like. That being said, this is the worst movie I've ever seen. To think I could have been watching Family Guy with the time I spent watching this crap. They made cliché after cliché-- it was sickening! I have never met a person with as many problems as the main character. I know people who have cut themselves. I know people who are constantly drinking or doing drugs. I know people who steal. And I know people who will do whatever they can to be popular. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME PERSON. It's like the writers mixed everyone they knew in high school into the main character. Not to mention how uncalled for everything she did was. Unless that girl was seriously bipolar, she had very little reason to act out the way she did. A lot of kids parents are divorced and less, but still a good handful, of kids have parents who date losers. That's no reason to cut yourself! She must have been bipolar or something relatively similar! But if she was, the movie should have said so. But it didn't.And there was one scene where they were snorting coke. Is this 1976?! Can you even get a coke dealer anymore?There were unanswered questions on top of it all, too. The other girl who rats her out. Why did she do it? Was she actually worried? Is she so petty that it was about not letting her stay at her house?And my last complaint was a lack of ending. It just stopped. We don't know if the girl got help. We don't know what happened to anyone, really. I'm sure the filmmakers think it's cool to just end a movie on some kind of cliffhanger, but they're wrong. It wasn't cool and you left the movie on a depressing note that, frankly, had my mother in tears. You can't just end something like that. However, it was in a way the perfect ending. The movie was disappointing throughout, why not give us a disappointing ending?Oh and whoever casted this thing is out of their mind if they expect me to believe that any of those characters are 13. I know you have to fill out a little extra paperwork to get actors under 18, but if you cared at all about your movie, you would fit the part.Jeremy Sisto, I love you man, but this movie was beneath you.