AMERICAN TEEN
In Theaters: July 25th, 2008
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American Teen skates some thin ice with its documentary ethics but, in the end, presents a charming and stylish (if packaged) tale.
American Teen is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the lives of four teenagers – a jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl and the geek in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first… American Teen is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the lives of four teenagers – a jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl and the geek in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle to make profound decisions about the future.
Filming daily for ten months, filmmaker Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes, The Kid Stays in the Picture) developed a deep understanding of her subjects. The result is a film that goes beyond the enduring stereotypes of high school to render complex young people trying to find their way into adulthood.
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