Thirteen Movie
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It's happening so fast.
They're not little girls anymore
Tracy is a more unpopular girl who desperately wants to befriend the most popular girl in school Evie. When Evie finally becomes her friend she leads Tracy into a world of drugs, sex, violence, and theft in which her mother can not save her.
| Evan Rachel Wood | Tracy Louise Freeland |
| Nikki Reed | Evie Zamora |
| Vanessa Anne Hudgens | Noel |
| Holly Hunter | Melanie 'Mel' Freeland |
| Brady Corbet | Mason Freeland |
| Ulysses Estrada | Rafa |
| Sarah Blakely-Cartwright | Medina |
| Jenicka Carey | Astrid |
| Sarah Clarke | Birdie |
| Jasmine Di Angelo | Kayla |
| Tessa Ludwick | Yumi |
| Kip Pardue | Luke |
| CeCe Tsou | Businesswoman |
| Jeremy Sisto | Brady |
| Jamison Yang | Science Teacher |
| Catherine Hardwicke |
7.00 out of 10 (23589 votes)
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Thirteen--An Elite Indie Film
posted on 29 Aug 2009Don't listen to the negative comments on this movie if you are a lover of indie films.Thirteen's superb actors will make you feel like the story actually happened. There is so much passion, so much realistic drama, you will relive your teenage years.Catherine Hardwicke deals with the issues that are present in today's very YOUNG teenagers that most of us like to close out.If you want to go see a good studio movie...sure...go see a beautiful mind. If you know anything about what makes a good independent film...this is one of the best.
fantastic!
posted on 27 Aug 2009I think we have all known a girl like evie.she's the type that you could drop her in any city'school or area in America, and she will hit the ground running and be THE popular wild girl everyone wants and lusts after and who everyone wants to hang around.no matter where she moves, she will become the in crowd. I think the movie captured the essence of that type of girl perfectly. she really is an interesting character.bad girl,YET because she can be so engaging she disarms immediatlly. notice how evie goes against the usual bad girl type cast by doing little odd things such as happily and in a very friendly way offers her new friends nerdy friend a slice of pizza.see the duo faces of the girl?her beauty and sweetness out of the blue knock people off guard allowing her to pretty much run riot in any situation and get away with it.hard to believe the actress who played her also had a hand in the script.so young.but she is headed for big things, if not in the acting dept,most likely the writing.
My hatred for this movie is Unexplainable
posted on 27 Aug 2009What do you get when you throw a 13-year-old girl and a fifty something old lady in a room together and tell them to churn out a script? Apparently, it's "Thirteen," which is in my opinion one of the biggest cinematic abominations of all time.This garbage heap of silver screen melodrama tells the story of a 13 year old girl named Tracy who, over the course of what seems like a week, is turned into a drug-using, self-mutilating hussy when she befriends a "popular girl" named Evie (is it just me or is there too much business over who's "popular" and who's not in films about adolescence?). Throughout the course of all this, she begins turning on her mother and her family, who seem kind of unshaken by most of it until the last 15 minutes of the film.Perhaps my hatred for this film comes mainly from the way the girls at my school talk about and how it was "Just like real life." Keep in mind that these girls are rich white suburbanites, not poverty-stricken kids in the ghetto like the ones in the movie. But putting that aside, I'd say that the film's biggest problem is it's script, in that it is entirely unrealistic and melodramatic. I watched this movie with people who said they loved it, and at times even they laughed at some of the dialog. Apparently for the girls at my school, "Guys I totally just stole all this!" "I don't think I've ever seen this much money in my life!" "Let's go shopping!" "Hell yeah!" is realistic dialog. The next major problem is the acting. Evan Rachel Wood's Tracy is entirely irritating and ridiculous, and while watching this film I found myself not feeling sympathetic but annoyed. I grit my teeth every time she speaks.Most of the praise for this film moves towards Holly Hunter's performance as Tracy's clueless mother. I know a lot of moms in real life who are like her in that they try to be hip and let their daughters do whatever they want, but I can't see playing that role as much of a challenge. Tell me, when was the last time someone won an Oscar for acting stupid and clueless? Lastly, we move on to Catherine Hardwicke's pretentious style. The look of this film is mainly grainy steady cam shots that inter cut with one another. Granted, there are some sequences that look and sound pretty alright, but for regular scenes it's just annoying. This should be studied by filmmakers who want to make up for their abysmal storyline and acting with fake art-house cinematography that will land them a spot at that super-indie underground film festival, Sundance. You know, the one with it's own cable channel.I'd say avoid this one at all costs, and if you hear someone say something nice about it, don't take their phone calls.
Amazing
posted on 23 Aug 2009Tracy(Evan Rachel Wood) is a confused teenager who often feels isolated and depressed and will do anything to belong and fit in somewhere. She befriends Evie(Nikki Reed) a popular girl who introduces Tracy to sex and drugs. Tracy and Nikki quickly become friends and start experimenting with all kinds of drugs, while Tracy herself is still screaming inside. She deals with her anger by cutting herself and continuing to engage in drugs and sexual things. This movie was amazing, simply the best movie of the year so far. The story was so brutally honest and realistic and I could relate to it so much, I went through the exact same things. Some parts made me cry and cringe because I know what the characters felt like. The acting was absolutely brilliant, Evan Rachel Wood is a spectacular young actress, she truly deserves an oscar for this. I would give Thirteen 10/10
One of the best movies i have seen in a long time.Very realistic,Its a master piece (try not to contain spoilers)
posted on 13 Aug 2009SpamfrwdchainkillerThis movie is about a teenage girl who starts off as a innocent young girl. But you watch her try and fit in with the cool girls. She gets one friend who's a really nasty bad influence and slowly she turns into a slutty mean b!tch. (sorry for my language) She simply loses interest in her good friends and joins the cool kids. You slowly watch her do drugs, Sex, stealing all the things that could go wrong with a teen.The movie IS NOT FOR TEENAGERS! This is not a teen flick in anyway. Its a very well done DEEP movie. The events aren't Corny and blatant. Most of the acting is very realistic and well done.To start with it made me angry how bad she was. Stealing is wrong, But especially the way she treated her parents, Telling her carm mother to f#ck off. But slowly i began to feel emotion for her. We are keeped very hidden from her real emotions because thats what b!tchy teenage girls do. All teenagers for that matter. They keep there 'I don't give a sh!t' attitude.This is the only real movie i have ever liked that contains teenagers. The last thing i thought i would like is a movie about mean, Sluty teenagers. But the movie is just so realistically done.Its not trying to say "Oh my god poor girl is doing drugs' 'Wow look at what she has to go through' It is what it is. And its a great movie. The acting at times never gets hugely deep, But most teenagers like her act very simple. It may confuse some people. Its not a die-hard movie, Or 007.But its a really really good movie witch shows how bad a teenager can go. Swearing at parents,Drugs, Acting like prostitutes, drinking, Smokeing, A lot of us teenagers like to act like we are way older than we really are. I see so many girls my age and way younger, smoking, Drinking, Getting it to lezzy sex, acting like a b!tch. (The more good looking you are the more likely you will be like that) And i think this movie shows it in the most artistic and realistic way possible.Please watch this movie, Its really good. Don't mind the bad reviews they just don't get it. No matter how good of a movie there will always be one or more reviews named, Probley the worst movie ever made.I have seen a few comments saying. 'Should i let my daughter watch this movie??' Thats a hard one. First off its a VERY VERY mature movie. I would be careful because in this day and age its cool to be a bi%ch. Another thing the movie covers is girls cutting them self. A lot OF TEENAGE GIRLS DO THIS. I would be careful that your girl doesn't decide 'Im such an hurt individual i need to cut my self' 'Or they can see cutting them self as cool, Please hire this movie out. Judge for yourself. It may not be your cup of tea, But no one can watch it and state its a bad movie. You just cant.Great, heavy, Deep movie 10/10
This movie brought me back to 1970
posted on 11 Aug 2009This movie hit close to home for me. I couldn't stop thinking about it for days after I saw it. I was thirteen in 1970 and I had an experience with my own "Evie." In 1970, there were things we wouldn't have done like lesbianism, body piercing (ear piercing was about it), and tattoos (tattoos were only for bikers back then) but the stealing, drug abuse, sneaking out and lying to your parents, sex experimentation, secret language and self-mutilation were the same. I was a very innocent and sweet girl until I met my "Evie." I seriously went wild at thirteen and my parents were too involved in their own problems to realize what was happening. Had my parents been alert, they would have cut off my friendship with "Evie" the sociopath! "Evie's" parents would always blame me when we would get caught doing something bad. That blew me away when Evie's guardian did that to Tracy in the movie too. This movie made me realize how badly things have deteriorated for our youth. It made me glad that I grew up when I did. Although we were bad for the times (post-hippie generation) it was a lot tamer than what is going on with teens today. Girls that go wild at thirteen have no idea how it will scar them emotionally later in life. It's sad. It was a great film and I think that every parent who has young girls should see this movie.
Jerry Springer's Kids.
posted on 09 Aug 2009There have been many films in the past that have portrayed rebellious teens in a realistic light. Two of my favorites are 1979's Over the Edge and 1984's Old Enough. If anything Thirteen is a good reflection of the times. Of course, you've got to remember that the teens and adults fictionalized in this movie are just one social group in our society today. Not all teens do and act like this. The whole Hip-Hop NuMTV culture as spawned this kind of teenage environment, IMO. And AIDS is an afterthought. All the actors involved give excellent performances, but overall the film dwells on negativity with no real redemption. I have a feeling that kids living and going through similar experiences will find Thirteen cool for all the wrong reasons. The fellatio scene with the white girl and black guy and comment on taste was vulgar and, IMO, unnecessary.
Waaaaah! I'm a teen! I have issues!
posted on 09 Aug 2009The only people I have seen who like this movie were in their teens when they saw it. The ONLY reason why I had to suffer through this crap fest is because it was required for my film class. Had I not otherwise loved the film class, I would've just dropped it to spare me from this. The movie is an after-school special at best, and a shame to all mankind at worst. It was co-written by a 13 year-old, and it REALLY shows. She apparently reached in the big bag o' clichés and used them ALL in this movie, because teenagers think that belly rings and huffing aerosol cans is "extreme". OOOOOOOHHH look at me! I'm a teen! WAAAAAAAAHHH! I have problems too! I cut myself, see?! No one loves me!! They took Suburbanville, LA and tried to make it look like Skid Row. I've seen Ed Wood films, Manos, and many crappy kid movies, but this is by far the WORST movie I have ever seen...ever. The people who made this movie should just kill themselves. Just...die!
Oh, it's so "SHOCKING!"
posted on 07 Aug 2009**Spoilers (I guess)**This was a trite, predictable film that seldom presented something other than a contrivance. The acting was pretty sub-par overall...in fact, there were few things about this film that I didn't have a problem with.First of all, Evan Rachel Wood was terrible in her role as Tracey. Her performance lacked any subtlety. Perhaps it was the directing, though; since that was so terrible in every other aspect, I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. I have a huge problem with the fact that she's supposed to be a sympathetic character, and here's really where my deepest discontent with this film lies. Tracey is presented as a poor little baby whose daddy's not around, and who cuts herself up when she doesn't get her way. How is this supposed to make me feel anything at all for this character? She abuses her family, she's disrespectful to her mother and everyone around her...I remember being 13, and I know it was an incredibly difficult age, but I didn't lose all compassion for the people around me! Ridiculous. Wood screams and cries and carries on, and in the moments when she's alone and we're supposed to feel sorry for her, she is so melodramatic that all you can do is roll your eyes and wait for the scene to end.Secondly, Holly Hunter. I can appreciate her talents in other films, but it seemed there wasn't a whole lot she could do about the character of Mel, who was completely obnoxious; a stereotypical L.A. airhead (e.g. "Am I not allowed to look at your body anymore?" Who the hell says that to their daughter, and in such a hurt tone of voice???). Her irritating, whiny pleas for Tracey's compassion seriously made me want to throw things at my television. As a matter of fact, there were numerous times in this film that I started feeling like every character was a classic L.A. stereotype. This story could not have taken place ANYWHERE else. The father, for instance, with his cell phone and slicked hair, was completely L.A. and totally one-dimensional.Nikki Reed was atrocious as well; the scene in which she cries when rejected was completely pathetic. At first I thought maybe she was *supposed* to be fake-crying, in keeping with the shallow nature of the Evie character, but no...that was just poor acting on Reed's part.The character of Mason was likewise over-acted, in typical fashion of this film; his sole purpose seemed to be to stomp around SCREAMING at his sister for her out of control behavior. Then, after all that, when Mel finally calls a family meeting to confront Tracey, he begs off to go surfing! Just another example of the poor writing...There are really too many bad things about this film to even bother listing them all. PLEASE don't get me started on the PAINFULLY CONTRIVED scene of the two girls practicing kissing with each other. That was the most gratuitous, repulsive piece of shock-value crap I have witnessed in a movie posing as an "art film" in as long as I can remember, possibly surpassed only by their "threesome" with the boy next door.There are things about this film that are not terrible, but these things are not concrete scenes in the film, more just the suggestion of the reality of being a teenager. The girls have no regard for their safety; they take drugs of all kinds as if they're invincible, sleep around without any thought whatsoever for the consequences...but even this brutal truth doesn't save this cliché of a film.BOTTOM LINE: This is a spurious, poorly-acted, miserably-directed film that could really only be appreciated by a thirteen year old girl who fancies herself a rebel. The characters are unattractive, the story is unattractive, and you can definitely tell it was shot in under 30 days, and scripted in under 6. I would not recommend this film to anyone.Oh, and PS--To everyone who keeps mentioning the girls are bad because they're having sex with "black boys": I think you're missing the point. It isn't at all that they're having sex with "black boys," just that they're having sex with boys. The fact that the boys are black is pretty incidental; that just happens to be who the girls are attracted to and who they primarily hang out with. (If I'm wrong about this, then please add "Racism" to the list of reasons why I hate this film...)
100 minutes of clichés
posted on 01 Aug 2009So i went out and bought the DVD to this movie, was pretty happy too, some friends had said it's good, a must see, good ratings too... all seemed to fit the description of a good evening at home. NOT SO.This movie has so many clichés i stopped counting at about half-way through, its highly overrated in my opinion, good for TV maybe... the only good things were the acting of the mother and her boyfriend...clearly a diff league from the director and other cast members, the is completely chaotic and ends in... well it doesn't, but the movie stops at that point with what could most readily be described as one of the most childish attempts at an artsy movie ending in history, really this movie looks as if it was written and directed by an art student, for some shi**y exam, i'm sorry to be putting it so bluntly, but its true... i'm not denying the fact that 13-year olds out there go through tons of pressure due to the media and such, but really, this is not a good depiction of that, it lacks reality and credibility. As stated earlier, this movie is all about clichés, "the pretty but un-noticed girl" "the black kids that automatically do beatbox and have weed, why? cuz they're black, so they have to!!??" "the good friend that isn't really a good friend" "the i'm depressed so i'll just go to the bathroom and slash my arm a bit, be back in a sec" and it goes on like this... i'll stop here, as i fear this comment is turning into a rant, for which i must apologize, anyways, hope i could shed some light on the matter to people that maybe wanna watch it, you should, rent it - see for yourself, watch it, but don't expect too much though.
Drama for the sake of drama
posted on 22 Jul 2009By all accounts "Thirteen" is a worthy film. So, excuse me but, I think it sucked. In a nutshell - good girl with permissive single parent hooks up with bad girl and turns bad herself getting into drugs, sex, self-mutilation, shop lifting, failing classes, etc. Although it sports a good cast and good production value in spite of some artistic brain farts like random color shifts, "Thirteen" goes nowhere, has no story to tell, and is pretty much all the usual dysfunctional stuff we've seen before. Somewhere between "Girl" and "Kids", this flick doesn't really entertain, has no message beyond what everyone already knows, and seems to get off on ranting. Drama for drama's sake a good film does not make. (B-)
Fantastic Movie!
posted on 14 Jul 2009I am a teenager that has recently watched the movie Thirteen and I think that it is a great movie! Tracy is a good girl with a lot of emotion and trouble just begging to come out. When Evi comes into the picture you finally see that side sorta bad girl side of her. I recommend this movie anyone and everyone.I have enjoyed this movie over and over again and every time i watch i see more and more of my self and friends. Even though i try not to express such anger I can see how Tracy feels. Evan Rachel Wood did a great job of caputring the emotion of Tracy. Nikki Reed did a great job writing this movie and acting in it. I hope that she continues to write more and more movies about teenagers and how their lives are.
Thirteen has managed to do what no other film has done, and that is portray teenagers and their lives accurately
posted on 14 Jul 2009Thirteen was an amazing masterpiece. It has managed to do what no other film has done, and that is portray teenagers and their lives accurately. The film is gritty, realistic, and eye-opening.The story follows Tracy, as she tries to move up the social ladder. She starts hanging around the popular Evie, and eventually steals a wallet full of cash in order to be accepted by her. From then on its a downward spiral, and one thing leads to another which leads to another. Tracy basically does whatever Evie does, and that is everything. Durgs, drinking, smoking, and even sex. All the while, Tracy's mother knows somethings up-but has no idea what.She can't figure out why Tracy is changing and doesn't know what to do-She's stuck, trying to be Tracy's best friend as well as her mother.I was impressed by everything in this film. First of all, by the fact that the film was written by Niki Reed when she was 13. Second, the acting. Evan Rachel Wood gives an intense, Oscar worthy performance. She captures her character perfectly; no one could have done it better, Her performance was one of the best I have ever seen. Niki Reed is good as Evie-and Holly Hunter should have won an Oscar for her role as well. (She was nominated) And third, the camera work in this is incredible. It is uniquely shot and it makes you feel like your there-observing everything that is going on. The movie is so intense, so gritty, so realistic; everything in this film is real. Yet the film never glamorizes the drugs and alcohol-rather it makes you want to stay far away from it. It shows what that stuff truly is and what it does to you. I highly recommend this film- it is the most intense, emotional film I have ever seen.
Thirteen is a great movie! <3
posted on 12 Jul 2009This movie is great. It has mostly all the things young girls are going through.I'm going through it all...I'v even found out about drugs and sex by half my friends. Its a really good movie and I think almost everyone should watch it, especially girls 13-18. Parents should watch it to, to see some of the things going on in the world today and how they could help and everything. I watched it by myself and if my parents saw it they would act very odd around me because of the things I have done. Evan Rachael Wood is my absolute favorite actress!! I think shes the best...but thats my opinion and everyone doesn't have to agree with me. Everyone has a different opinion. Well good bye.Luv Megz<3
If this movie hadn't been written by a kid, it wouldn't be so praised.
posted on 10 Jul 2009Enough already with "it's too important to ignore." Whoa, teens shoplift, make out, pierce their navels and hang out in the park at night! Whodathunk? Really, the only "shocking" moments are a scene or two of self-abuse, which failed to be properly integrated into the storyline. I can see the comparisons to KIDS, but the relationship between the two girls reminded me more of HEAVENLY CREATURES, down to their parents separating them when things get too intense between them.Praise the acting (Hunter is her usual excellent self), 'cause that's all to admire here. The cinematography is muted, the camera work consists of a lot of artsy dutch angles, characterization is underdeveloped, and the movie ends inconclusively. THIRTEEN is pretty shoddy indie film that aims for art and a social meaning, but, honestly, there's nothing here you haven't seen before.
Um...okay
posted on 10 Jul 2009Thirteen captures the life of one nice, sweet 13 year old (Tracy, played by Evan Rachel Wood) girl rapidly plummeting into a world of drugs, sex, and rebelliousness thanks to a friend of hers, Evie. The movie depicted this scenario very well, but for me most of it was ruined by Tracy throwing a temper tantrum every five seconds. I have never seen such a snotty, whining brat. I think some of the movie was ruined by the overacting. Yes Evan as Tracey's transformation was great, but she could have portrayed it without yelling at mother every five minutes for us to get that she hate herself and her life. I also felt that some of the family dynamics weren't real. When Tracy's mom hires a family therapist, her brother says he HAS to go surf when the therapist comes over because "there's a killer swell [that day]", even though he was originally worried about her in the first place. Come on. Personally, I would have liked to see more of Tracy's struggle with drugs and sitting down and talking about it with her mother instead of her going Veruca Salt (Willy Wonka) all the time. But hey, if you can overlook that, this is definitely a movie that you will not forget for a long time. 7-7.5/10. Also, for parents: when you see this please keep in mind that the chances of your daughter getting into the stuff you see in the movie is very rare as long as you stay involved in your daughter's life and aren't living in the inner city. Don't freak out and go all obsessive compulsive because your afraid your kid will turn into Tracey or Evie. It's not fun for you or your kid. I speak from personal experience.
Amazing script and cast, everyone involved deserves an apluase.
posted on 08 Jul 2009This movie was so real. I saw this film with my mother at Sundance and she thought that it was a little far fetched that at thirteen the girls were doing what they did in the film. Unfortunately I had to tell her about my 'real' junior high expierience and the things my friends did. She was a little upset that I didn't share my thoughts about what everyone was doing. I watched my best friend get sucked in by the same thing. Tracey (Evan Rachel Wood) some what reminds me of my ex-best friend. The performance by the entire cast brought this to life. Every film I see with Evan Rachel Wood I see a young actress who is the next big thing, she is very talented. This film was something that I believe anyone who went to junior high in the mid-late 1990's can relate to this film in one way or another. I suggest this movie to parents who want to understand what their children are going through or have gone through. Sorry this confirms every parents nightmare, it did for mine. For people 16-21 perhaps this film might bring back some memories. This not a film I would take a 13 year old to, it might give them ideas. I am highly anticipating to see this film again, this time with my friends.
Thirteen is a dawn in American Movie Industry in Doldrum!
posted on 08 Jul 2009Tracy and Ivy are just two innocent and young girls suffering from social crisis: Child abuses,broken families,indifferent parents and the alleged socialisation institutions,schools.Children are our future.When I look at girls and boy wearing extremely strangely and using terrible slangs,I want to cry.While I was watching this excellent and equally depressive film,I just imagined how hard it could be to raise a child. Please Parents! I am a 26 year old young man and would like to establish a peaceful and consistent family in my future.I can not imagine how awful it would be to have daugthers like Tracy and Ivy. Children..We can not leave them to cruelty of life. I am particularly opposed to MTC culture pumping crap images,photocopy singers and 'the would be actors/actresses' into all societies. I am not an American but am wise enough to see negative consequences created by social degeneration in the US. Let us make this life better together. I have a young nephew and would like to buy this DVD as a present to my sister.I hope that she will be able to watch this film with her sister and understand social corruption. Thanks for giving us to express our comments on this masterpiece. It is realistic,convincing and thrilling.I still feel the influence of 'Thirteen' running deep inside my veins and brain.
Scarily realistic portrayal of being a young teen
posted on 30 Jun 2009Very intriguing movie. I loved the acting, they were like real people on a reality TV show, the gradual change in color as the mood and situation changed. When you think back to being 13 or 14 especially. Is funny when I see comments by girls of that age commenting on the movie, because at that age myself, I would have very exaggeratedly rolled my eyes and said how "ridiculous" and "stupid" the movie was, while secretly taking internal notes and seeing ways to be "sexy and cool". That's honestly how life is at that age. Sad but oh so very, very true. And yes, there are truly the cliques and I think there will be forever, especially at that age. The nerds and dorks and babies and freaks and losers, as they were when I was 13, will think what happens in this movie is preposterous and not possibly true, because they don't experience this part of being a tween. But the rest of the kids, this movie shows what happens on a daily basis to a degree. What they missed out on as well though it the 25+ year old guys hooting and hollering from their car windows at the 12 and 13 year old girls in their little shirts and low slung pants. Sad, absolutely, but a reality? Unfortunately, yes. The good thing about this all is for most people it brings a conception of what to strive for and what to avoid later on in life. Actually living through all this stuff as a teen. Embarrassment for most and humiliation for others, brings about, hopefully, a healthy path to follow in adult life. In a sense, bump up their standards. If too many non-fixable mistakes aren't made in teen life. If anything, I would hope this movie to be a tool for parents to see what is really happening out there (and sorry, but it really is), and at the very least, make sure their kids know what could be a lifelong mistake in terms of pregnancy and disease.
The Best Film From 2003
posted on 31 Aug 2009"Thirteen" tells us the frightening story of how a good girl falls under the influence of a bad girl and wants to get close to the dangers of sex, drugs, crime, and alcohol without getting hurt.What may be more frightening than the above is how this is loosely based on the life of actress and co-writer Nikki Reed. She wrote "Thirteen" at thirteen, and played Evie Zamora at fourteen. In reality, she was the good girl; here, Evie is the seductive and wild bad girl and is convincing.Evie, Astrid (Jenicka Carey), and their other friends have made transformations of their own over the summer. Now the girls rule the school with their bold personalities, their cool clothes and accessories (although they are mostly stolen), and their use of sex on dates.Evie is the leader of her clique, and is surely admired by students who wish they were as popular as her. Evie is secretly admired by Tracy Freeland (Evan Rachel Wood in the best performance of her career since "Once and Again"). Tracy and her mother, Mel (Holly Hunter) are close. Tracy's teachers find Tracy is one of their best students. Tracy is friends with two unpopular girls. After Astrid teases her ("Nice socks!"), Tracy decides she wants to be cool.Evie is cruel to her at first. "Call me," Evie says, and gives her the wrong number. But when Tracy steals money and hands it over, the girls become so inseparable that Evie, somewhat, moves into Tracy's bedroom."Thirteen" is the best film from 2003. It had a powerful ending that can make anyone cry. Then there is the performances. Phenomenal will be used to describe everyone's performance: from leads to supporting, it was all amazing. Wood and Reed prove that teen actresses can carry a movie without relying on more famous leads, like Holly Hunter.Although this is the directorial debut by Catherine Hardwicke, I can honestly say I cannot wait to see her next film, "Lords of Dogtown." Her directing is very good for a new director.I can openly recommend this movie: good performances, good script, good directing, good cinematography-- everything a brilliant film needs can and will all be found in "Thirteen."