American Teen
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- Synopsis
- In this biting cinéma vérité, director Nanette Burstein follows a group of four Indiana high-school seniors as they navigate the social mazes of adolescence, prepare for graduation, and generally deal with the often surprising and strange ......
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- Starring
- Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Mitch Reinholt, Megan Krizmanich, Jake Tusing
- Director(s)
- Nanette Burstein
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Vantage
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 101 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites
Shows how a documentary can be as moving and suspenseful as the best narrative feature.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
The players are timelessly familiar in American Teen, too. But filmmaker Nanette Burstein tells their stories with a distinctly 21st-century pop and audacity.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites
Though it's compelling enough as soap opera, American Teen digs deeply into why kids grudgingly accept the roles they've been given and the brutal consequences that come with straying outside the lines.Read the full review