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American Teen
Directed by
Nanette Burstein
2008
1h 35m
PG-13
Documentary
6.4
70%
59%
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A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
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Cast of American Teen
Hannah Bailey
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Megan Krizmanich
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Colin Clemens
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Jake Tusing
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Mitch Reinholt
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American Teen Reviews
Orlando Sentinel
Roger Moore
The whirl of hormones, high hopes and hysterical drama that is high school earns its close-up in American Teen, a smart and revealing look at the Class of 2006 in Warsaw, Indiana.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
They all have their stories tell, some more complicated than others.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
What her cameras capture shouldn't be construed as truth but rather as scenarios that were cast in stone long before she came on the scene.
UGO
Keith Uhlich
A blatantly direct pastiche of The Breakfast Club, if not The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
An appealing and unexpectedly moving snapshot of 17-year-olds on the tightrope between family and future.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
It's hard not to root for these teens.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
American Teen shows how a documentary can be as moving and suspenseful as the best narrative feature.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
What makes Nanette Burstein's movie so powerful is its uncanny sense of familiarity. Watching them, we are transported into a humming, philosophical reverie about ourselves.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Eventually Burstein moves past these objections and slips under your skin.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Compared to the contrived junk we see on MTV masquerading as a reality series, I think this is very authentic.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Consciously or not, the movie's about the way we structure our lives as drama if we want them to have any meaning at all.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Revealing, funny and involving.
Dallas Morning News
Mario Tarradell
American Teen is The Breakfast Club in real time.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
American Teen isn't as penetrating or obviously realistic as her On the Ropes, but Burstein (who won best director at Sundance 2008) has achieved an engrossing film.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Burstein may not know when to back off, but she's genuinely curious about all she sees. I bet audiences, particularly young audiences, will respond to this picture.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
By the end of the film, you'll be firmly on the side of each of these kids, hoping the best for them.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This being senior year, Burstein can't help but capture some genuine drama, but there's a stage-managed quality to the movie that reminded me of MTV reality shows.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
You'll be totally riveted.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Ultra-slick and predictable.
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