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A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleShows how a documentary can be as moving and suspenseful as the best narrative feature. |
| New York ObserverSara VilkomersonMs. Burstein has infused her film with an ever-rare authenticity and manages to see beyond each kid's stereotype to the complicated screwed-up adolescent they are (and we were). |
| San Diego MetropolitanJean LowerisonBurstein could be faulted for occasionally staging her 'plot points,' but she can't be accused of making anything but a riveting piece of film. |
| New York Magazine/VultureDavid EdelsteinThe movie does get under your skin (the tremulous misfit girl, Hannah, might be a breakout role model), but the way it has been put together reminds me of those animal shows where the crew nudges the gazelles in the direction of the lions with multiple cameras standing by. |
| Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweFun and facile in much the same way reality TV is. You may have a good time, but you'll hate yourself in the morning. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe players are timelessly familiar in American Teen, too. But filmmaker Nanette Burstein tells their stories with a distinctly 21st-century pop and audacity. |
| Film ThreatZack HaddadNever has a film captured the spirit of being a teenager better. |
| TV GuideKen FoxThe kids are real and their stories enthralling: When it comes to drama, there's nothing quite like high school. |
| OregonianM.E. RussellIts subjects blandly keep your attention in almost the exact same way that reality-show contestants keep your attention. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersI knew these kids in school, could even be accused of being them at times in my day, and watching them try and deal with all the crazy mixed-up screwiness growing up entails infatuated and moved me like virtually nothing else this year. |