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(1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten Page   1   D "Teen yearns to expose the aching heart of high schoolers, but comes up short in rather impressive fashion, taking cues from MTV's "The Hills" to manufacture a documentary that doesn't appear to contain a living, breathing moment of reality."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 1.5/5 "For those who felt that the 40 minutes of MTV's True Life were just not enough, your film has arrived."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 2.5/4 "If American Teen isn't a particularly deep documentary, it is an entertaining one."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman A "More entertaining, funny, and hopeful than almost any fictional film I've seen this year."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B "Enormously entertaining storytelling but highly problematic documentary filmmaking."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 1.5/4 "Documentary focus is something that, like car keys, should not be given unquestioningly to high schoolers."   Slant Magazine   Fernando F. Croce B "May be no more revealing than similar television treatments of kids--and has been molded so smoothly as to sometimes seem staged--[but] it's an engaging portrait."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "An immensely appealing documentary that enables us to empathize with five very different teenagers in their last year of high school in Warsaw, Indiana."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "This kind of production is better suited to television than movie theaters. American Teen is a pretty bauble: shiny and alluring from a distance but cheap and plastic when you get close."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "If you seek out American Teen looking for an engaging, stylish and surprisingly smart piece of non-fiction entertainment, you're going to be completely won over."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 5/10 "...has its heart in the right place, but I don't think it breaks any new ground exploring the teen years."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 2.5/5 "dieisdytikotero ap' o,ti tha perimenes na prokypsei apo ena systima parakoloythisis mias pragmatikotitas poy tha perimenes na min tis aresei idiaitera na ektithetai se tetoio bathmo"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 5/5 "We were on the edges of our seats, willing Jake not to ruin this moment with the girl, hoping Megan realizes her mistake, urging Hannah out of the car, cheering Colin's game, nurturing Mitch's discovery of just being yourself. It is a visceral ride throu"   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery "A blatantly direct pastiche of The Breakfast Club, if not The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2."   UGO   Keith Uhlich 3.5/5 "While compelling and nostalgic, American Teen is also like high school because it's hard to sort out the pure motives of the film"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B- "Burstein's camera is right on Mitch's face when he presumably first notices Hannah playing with her band on the school's stage - happy accident? planted idea? editing with hindsight?"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[I]ntimate and incisive... a peek into the horrors of adolescence that most of us have tried to forget, and shouldn't..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Damn, I really do not miss high school."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 1/5 "By far the most shallow and inauthentic film that I have seen so far in 2008 and bear in mind, I have seen "Zombie Strippers.""   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 5/10 "See this film to relive those high school days that you have tried to forget. Or, just talk to your kids."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson "American Teen presents itself as getting inside the lives of America's current youth culture. But the very idea of individuality is lost because it doesn't go deep enough into the lives of its subjects to fully convey the idea."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell "The portraits of these kids often feel honest, sometimes intrusive, and occasionally they come off a little camera-conscious, which may simply be the nature of the beast."   GreenCine   Sean Axmaker 6/10 "While Nanette Burstein's naturalistic approach is admirable, the results are stereotypical, capturing a feeling of authenticity despite some obvious staging."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 4/10 "Teenagers are restless and get very worked up over interpersonal dramas. Gee willickers, I'm sure glad a film crew traveled all the way to north central Indiana to make that shocking discovery."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten Page   1