American Teen

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  • Opened July 25, 2008 
  • 1 hr 35 min
  • PG-13 | some strong language, sexual material, some drinking and brief smoking-all involving teens

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. More on child suitability

  • Hannah Bailey is smart and beautiful, but a misfit in her high school. Colin Clemens is the star of the high school basketball team - and in Indiana, basketball is everything. Jake Tusing is considered to be a nerd in high school. In his senior year he vows that nothing will stand in the way of him finding a girlfriend. Megan Krizmanich is the student council Vice President and the youngest daughter of a prominent local surgeon, anxiously awaiting word from Notre Dame University admissions. Mitch Reinholdt is an attractive and charming Varsity basketball jock with a soft side. When he puts his social status on the line, avoiding his popular friends for dates with artsy Hannah Bailey, he strains to maintain his reputation while discovering a new side of himself. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Mitch Reinholt, Megan Krizmanich, Jake Tusing
  • Director: Nanette Burstein
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Shows how a documentary can be as moving and suspenseful as the best narrative feature. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

The players are timelessly familiar in American Teen, too. But filmmaker Nanette Burstein tells their stories with a distinctly 21st-century pop and audacity. Read full review

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TV Guide
| Ken Fox

The kids are real and their stories enthralling: When it comes to drama, there's nothing quite like high school. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

So authentic are the subjects, so raw their emotions. Read full review

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Megan Krizmanich in "American Teen."