FILM REVIEW
Thirteen
Director: Catherine
Hardwicke
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly
Hunter, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Deborah Unger
Classification: 16L
Running Time: 100 minutes
Opens On: 16 January
2004
Thirteen is an unflinching
look at the sometimes harsh world of a young teen trying to
fit in with a fast group of seventh graders. Co-written by
Director Catherine Hardwicke and the then-13-year-old Nikki
Reed, upon whose experiences the film is inspired, Thirteen
chronicles the life of thirteen-year- ld Tracy (Rachel Evan
Wood). After falling under the intoxicating influence of
Evie (Nikki Reed), the most popular girl in school, Tracy
finds herself entangled in a fast-paced world that spins her
sedentary life and emotions wildly out of control. Her
mother, Mel (Holly Hunter), frantically tries to understand
her daughter's radical transformation. Each time she reaches
for her, she learns the extent to which she's fallen just
beyond her grasp.
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