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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide (1,527) on 24 Jul 2008

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

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By Ray Greene (127) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 24 Jul 2008

Burstein or an apologist would probably say that in the YouTube era, overt and even manipulative mediation is a fact of teen life, and that…

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By Christina Van Dusen (1) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 24 Jul 2008

American Teen is stronger without calamitous characters, whose traumas might've overpowered the film, desensitizing the audience and leaving…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 24 Jul 2008

The kids here do come across as genuine people, struggling with issues everyone can understand…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 24 Jul 2008

This is the kind of movie the people in it might have made, which means that its revelatory power as an investigation of teenage life in America…

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By Michael Ordoña (350) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 24 Jul 2008

Here are casual cruelty, crushing heartbreak and pressure from parents and peers, all of which can involve the viewer but are nothing revelatory…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 24 Jul 2008

Like much reality TV, sections of American Teen seem patently staged, or coached, for the camera…

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By Betsy Bozdech (64) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 24 Jul 2008

Candid, intimate, and often heart-wrenching, Nanette Burstein's documentary captures the confusion and agony of living through high school…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 24 Jul 2008

I 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…

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By Todd Hertz (75) for Christianity Today (953) on 24 Jul 2008

In many ways, Nanette Burstein's approach of editing documentary footage into narrative works better than a lot of scripted teen fiction…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 24 Jul 2008

Burstein's camera is right on Mitch's face when he presumably first notices Hannah playing with her band on the school's stage - happy accident…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 23 Jul 2008

If American Teen isn't a particularly deep documentary, it is an entertaining one…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for I.E. Weekly (269) on 23 Jul 2008

Our appetite for watching young people do silly, overly sincere, and sometimes brave things has been slaked by the glut of junk-food TV shows…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 23 Jul 2008

Personal as it gets, the film never seems exploitative or sensationalized or the least bit dumbed-down…

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By Skylaire Alfvegren (11) for E! Online (838) on 23 Jul 2008

Whether you consider high school the best years of your life or are happy to have left them behind, director Burstein brings it all back…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 23 Jul 2008

The mostly obvious, supposedly true story of feeling, like, OMG, whatever…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 23 Jul 2008

Nothing is revealed here, save for the sad fact that while young people's appetite for nonfiction film was supposed to be whetted by reality…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR.org (106) on 23 Jul 2008

The students all say and do more than they should in the filmmaker's presence, which certainly makes them watchable -- sort of a slow-motion…

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By Sara Vilkomerson (27) for New York Observer (1,400) on 22 Jul 2008

Ms…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Cinematical (752) on 21 Jul 2008

If you seek out American Teen looking for an engaging, stylish and surprisingly smart piece of non-fiction entertainment, you're going to be…

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