American Teen Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

crap

what a utter pile of crap i thought this was a film far from it ,not worth the watch at all

OMG!!!!!

Worst film I have ever seen in my life 1hr half of my time wasted that i'll never get back again arrggghhh!!!

who cares about these people

This was so boring I could not get past the first 20 minutes. You could not care about these kids. Do not waste your energy on this

Worth serious watching

This is a well-shot documentary, and it took me about 35 minutes to figure out it wasn't a Blair Witch fake-umentary. It's worth watching if you want to see craft and skill at work.

The director has some amazing footage and she has edited it together, albeit disingenuously at times, to create a very compelling picture of some stereotypical teenage lives.

Don't think of it as a movie. Think of it as a commercial-free, non-MTV-produced TV show.

Awful

This lasted about 2 minutes before we switched it off. Even my usually tolerant wife insisted it was removed! Save yourself the time it takes to press the eject button and don't bother to rent it!!

American Teen

We found this a little boring and in some aspects a bit disturbing!

american teen

this more like a documentary than a film

[Highly rated reviewer]

Not that bad!

Yes it will not win any oscars, and it's not much of a documentary, as in everyone is acting up for the shots, its borderline mock-doc. But put that aside it tells it stories, it in no rush to tell them, and the stories are very teenagerish, was I as bad as that! I think I should immediately say sorry for mine, so strange to watch these kids think the world evolves around them, but at the same time so funny!

Don't Bother

Its Rubbish .. USA doc soap.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Hmmm

Interesting doc, although it feels staged at time and none of the principals is particularly likeable. That said, most of the parents are worse - does a teenage girl need to be told she's not special.