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American Teen

dir. Nanette Burstein

Maybe kids are just adept at packaging themselves nowadays-I'm sure these Indiana high-school students all had their own MySpace pages-but I have never seen a more colorful pack of stereotypes in a nonfiction film. American Teen traces a year in the lives of actual teenagers: Megan is a brat with a cruel streak; Colin is a nice-guy jock; Jake is a cripplingly shy band nerd. Director Nanette Burstein clearly identifies with Hannah, an adorable wannabe filmmaker. They're all trapped in the smallish town of Warsaw for the time being, and they're all unhappy about it. Except for a heartthrob named Mitch, that is. His friends ...

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