Rotten
It's a lightly amusing film but it's also an unchallenging one which reinforces presumptions about kids rather than surprising with new insights. It floats in the shallow end of filmmaking.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
American Teen
Remember high school? It's gotten worse.
2008 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Documentary
Directed by
Nanette Burstein
Overview
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Fresh
My only gripe is that the relentless pressure to be a winner in American culture is exhausting to watch.
Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National
Fresh
The whirl of hormones, high hopes and hysterical drama that is high school earns its close-up in American Teen, a smart and revealing look at the Class of 2006 in Warsaw, Indiana.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
They all have their stories tell, some more complicated than others.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
American Teen finds the truth in the trite and the cliched: It's a wonderful look at why growing up is so hard to do.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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