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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1   1.5/4 "Told with a hysteria usually reserved for sex-ed films"   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers 2.5/5 "its scattered moments of clearly-realized adolescent angst are scuttled by a wandering and frequently juvenile approach"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti A "Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed and Holly Hunter give hard-edged, brilliant performances in this gritty coming-of-age drama. A must see!"   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 3/4 "Girls just wanna have fun in Thirteen, an uncompromising look at a young girl's descent into troubled teendom."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 2.5/4 "... [Director Catherine] Hardwicke...clearly has talent and an eye for realism - though her reliance on the old shaky-cam gets a little tiresome after a while."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C ""Being realistic and avoiding mainstream clichés in a teen film is certainly commendable, but I'm not ready to declare this work as the eye-opener it perceives it may be."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "An uncompromising and beautifully told slice-of-life about the human condition of transitioning from a child to an adult...Evan Rachel Wood delivers one of the most courageous and emotionally raw performances in years."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Al menos una película se las arregla para decir que el “american way of life” (...) esconde terribles tragedias domésticas."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C "Evan Rachel Wood's performance in 'Thirteen' is far better than 'Thirteen' is."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B- "How could Hardwicke and Reed have worked so many wonders along the fringes and left such a huge, gaping hole in the middle?"   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B- "A very good piece of rather easy didacticism, but it doesn't go much beyond that."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Thirteen is a high impact psychodrama about three lost souls desperately reaching out for life preservers in a sea of troubles."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "A smart movie that does not simplify or candy-coat the rigors of the teenage years."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 5/5 "Exciting, energized indie drama shot on digital video is an eye-opening look at the ways the kids aren't all right."   Netflix   James Rocchi 4/4 "The pain of segueing into adolescence and the sheer desperation to fit in pervade every frame of this coming-of-age horror show."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "Can be admired for the truths it manages to expose, but it can't shake off the cheap feel of its horror movie tactics."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 7/10 "An important movie for all parents to see."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 6/10 "...a cautionary tale, and as such it is unlikely to be heeded by teens anywhere and unlikely to be seen by the very parents who might learn the most from it."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 3.5/4 "'Es un claro ejemplo de que es posible hacer películas sobre adolescentes sin burlarse de ellos o del público. Esta es una película inteligente, con neuronas y muchas agallas'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 4.5/5 "As the girls descend into realms of the irreparable, you twist and turn in your seats, in terror for them and also in empathy for Wood's character."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery A "a searingly raw and accomplished piece of work"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[An] exhausting and borderline exploitive look at contemporary teendom."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B+ "They say that the two worst years of a woman's life are the year she is 13 and the year her daughter is. This film gives us both at once."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow B- "A rather basic tale about the perils of going along with the in-crowd and the extremes to which teenagers will act out for attention."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager "'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."   Critic Doctor   Peter Sobczynski A- "[Director] Catherine Hardwicke provides a poignant, powerful look into a part of American life, the teen rite of passage, that is incredibly eye opening – and a little scary."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford A- "... despite the raw gut-punch of its direction, its power lies in compassion, not sensationalism."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker C "Dramatic without being totally original, [and] shocking without being too provocative."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "It's just the latest in the long and proud tradition of pictures that exclaim, with a great deal of hand-wringing, 'Kids today!' If only it brought us closer to understanding them."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 7.5/10 "Although it's not a happy tale by any means - there are no easy or pat answers or solutions - it's certainly an engaging and intriguing one sporting terrific work both in front of and behind the camera."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 7/10 Read review   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 9/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1