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Documentary following 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 developed a deep understanding... See Full Description
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Documentary and Teen |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 40 min. |
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| Release Date: |
July 25th, 2008 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for some strong language, sexual material, some drinking and brief smoking--all involving teens. |
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| Distributors: |
Paramount Vantage
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$940,496 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B
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E! Online, Skylaire Alfvegren
"Burstein manages to gain her subjects' trust, unobtrusively capturing some awkward, private and painful moments..." more...
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B |
Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum
"...a timely pleasure." more...
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A- |
Los Angeles Times, Michael Ordońa
"Such ordinariness is both strength and weakness here." more...
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B- |
New York Times, A.O. Scott
"Lives of real adolescents, in very deep close-up." more...
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B- |
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