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Directed by
Catherine Hardwicke Written by
Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed Cast
Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Brady Corbet [more]
Release Date
• USA: Aug 22, 2003
• UK: 5 Dec 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 27, 2004
• R2: 27 Jan 2004
Budget $2,000,000
Official Website:
Thirteen Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for drug use, self destructive violence, language and sexuality - all involving young teens.
Running Time
1 hour, 40 minutes
Country USA, UK
Studio Antidote Film, Michael London Prods., Venice Surf Club, Working Title Films
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Thirteen
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Thirteen Reviews |
All in all, this is a moving and powerful film that stutters a bit in terms of narrative drive. And while there may be some shocking moments, there isn’t anything new you couldn’t have predicted. But ultimately it lands firmly on its feet with profound and moving performances. [read review] 8/10
--David Trier (Movie-Vault.com)
"Thirteen" is less a movie than a great piece of journalism. It has all the hallmarks of serious, brilliant reporting: It pierces a culture, it pays careful attention to nuance and detail, it eschews a showy tone, it illuminates its subject. And it is very disturbing. [read review]
--Stephen Hunter (Washington Post)
The digitally shot movie, which Hardwicke wrote with the then-13-year-old Reed, may not come up with profound solutions. But it redounds with a firsthand authoritativeness. Reed and Hardwicke have turned their mutual experiences into a superbly textured -- if often disturbing -- drama. It feels like real life unfolding before your eyes. [read review]
--Desson Howe (Washington Post)
"Thirteen" follows an episodic structure, constructed as a series of incidents with little connection to each other. But the movie creates the illusion of a linear plot by arranging the incidents so that each successive one is more appalling than the onethat went before. [read review]
--Mick LaSalle (San Francisco Chronicle)
As a film about 13 year-olds written by a 13-year-old, Thirteen should have been much, much worse, but its scattered moments of clearly-realized adolescent angst are scuttled by a wandering and frequently juvenile approach. [read review] 
--Chris Barsanti (FilmCritic.com)
Maybe the film is simply for those who admire fine, focused acting and writing; "Thirteen" sets a technical problem that seems insoluble, and meets it brilliantly, finding convincing performances from its teenage stars. [read review] 
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
First-time director Catherine Hardwicke has fashioned a provocative, hyperkinetic journey through the highs and lows of modern adolescence that is both harrowing and touching. [read review]
--Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz)
Despite its shock value, "Thirteen" rises above dysfunctional-family-drama clich‚s, thanks to the truthfulness of its script and the keen eye of a sympathetic director. [read review]
--Megan Lehmann (New York Post)
Well-written with superb performances, this is an impressive piece of work which really shows up Hollywood 'teen' movies for the homogenised rubbish they usually are. [read review] 
--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
Director Catherine Hardwicke collaborated with a teenage girl to accurately convey the gritty realities of American youth. The result goes down like medicine. [read review]
--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)
"Thirteen," winner of the directing award at Sudance, is one of the most honest and harrowing depictions of female adolescence ever put to film. [read review]
--Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
The acting is superlative, and lacks the histrionics that often accompany high-octane work by young performers. [read review]
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The performances are brilliant, as they lift the otherwise 'been there, done that' feel [read review] B
--Craig Younkin (Lee's Movie Info)
A surprisingly unsensationalised, brutally frank coming-of-age drama. [read review] 7/10
--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
A very effective film that just barely misses greatness [read review] B+
--Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
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