American Teen

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American Teen

PG-13

2008

1h 40m

Documentary

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Four high-school seniors navigate their way through the ups and downs of life in their small Indiana town. Hannah is bright and pretty, but a misfit who wants to move to California after graduation. Colin, a basketball player, feels intense pressure to make his town and family proud and earn a sports scholarship. Jake is painfully shy in a group. Megan is smart, pretty and wealthy, and rules the roost at school. Popular Mitch risks his social status to date Hannah.

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Critics Consensus

American Teen skates some thin ice with its documentary ethics but, in the end, presents a charming and stylish (if packaged) tale.

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Limara Salt

Little White Lies

Mar 7, 2009

4/5

Funny and fresh, it won't break boundaries but it will make anyone thankful for growing up.

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Andrew Male

Empire Magazine

Mar 6, 2009

3/5

Despite its flashy approach, American Teen remains emotionally involving because of the lives on show. You will care about these people, even if you suspect the director doesn't.

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

Mar 6, 2009

2/5

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.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 2, 2020

3.5/4.0

One of the best films ever made about the high school experience.

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Annie Wagner

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Aug 21, 2017

American Teen succeeds in being exactly as crisp, entertaining, and useless as a romantic comedy.

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Kevin Craft

Miami Herald

Apr 6, 2015

1.5/4

This is not compelling film making; it just makes you hope that these kids will lighten up and learn to enjoy life.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 10, 2026

American Teen = A *3* star Movie...

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Munkhjargal A

@RT28084692 Aug 1, 2024

This movie turned out to be a very good movie. It has become a work that has been greatly enjoyed by the audience. I think that the work was born because of the director's poor thinking. It turned out to be a movie that I liked very much. I would like to thank the director and actors.

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 Jul 31, 2024

This idea of the film shooting technique director made the film more attractive to people.

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Бавуу Э

@RT26109709 Jul 31, 2024

Four high-school seniors navigate their way through the ups and downs of life in their small Indiana town. Hannah is bright and pretty, but a misfit who wants to move to California after graduation. Colin, a basketball player, feels intense pressure to make his town and family proud and earn a sports scholarship. Jake is painfully shy in a group. Megan is smart, pretty and wealthy, and rules the roost at school. Popular Mitch risks his social status to date Hannah.

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Geke g

@RT40239519 Jul 27, 2024

Nostalgic and enjoyable American film.

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Munkhchimeg T

@RT64187897 Jul 27, 2024

Seems nostalgic movie. Everyone’s life that they go through is not easy and beautiful.

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Synopsis

Four high-school seniors navigate their way through the ups and downs of life in their small Indiana town. Hannah is bright and pretty, but a misfit who wants to move to California after graduation. Colin, a basketball player, feels intense pressure to make his town and family proud and earn a sports scholarship. Jake is painfully shy in a group. Megan is smart, pretty and wealthy, and rules the roost at school. Popular Mitch risks his social status to date Hannah.

Director: Nanette Burstein
Producer: Nanette Burstein, Eli Gonda, Chris Huddleston, Owen Katz, Karen Lawler, Anna Molund, Jordan Roberts
Screenwriter: Nanette Burstein
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Quasiworld Entertainment, Firehouse Films
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Smoking|All Involving Teens|Sexual Material|Some Drinking|Some Strong Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 25, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $940.5K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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