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American Teen

2008 · 95 min

An intimate, quietly absorbing look at teenage life that swings between cringe, tenderness and real heartache.

Tagline
Remember high school? It's gotten worse.
Overview
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • class
  • family
  • loneliness
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
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Languages
English

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