Mysterious Skin
A very well acted film with a tremendous ensemble cast. My problem stems from how Araki chose to tell the story.
Tagged: Teen Movies
10 Things I Hate About You
Takes an old story and proves the themes are timeless by applying them to a modern setting.
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Adventureland
Adventureland finds much of its comedy in its often brutal honesty.
Election
Took the sleaze of the teen comedy and spun it into something that’s both hugely entertaining and extremely insightful.
American Teen
American Teen presents itself as getting inside the lives of America’s current youth culture. But the very idea of individuality is lost because it doesn’t go deep enough into the lives of its subjects to fully convey the idea.
Kidulthood
The fact is, while Kidulthood tries to be raw and gritty, it’s really just a mish-mash of events that’s missing characters that you genuinely care for or even begin to understand.
Napoleon Dynamite
A call to be yourself in light of those around you and have confidence in whatever your ‘skills’ may be, no matter how geeky or nerdish.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
This isn’t the Grade Three incarnation of Harry Potter anymore.
Porky’s
While Porky’s may have spawned hundreds, if not thousands, of imitators, it’s having trouble keeping up with the barriers it broke more than two decades ago.
Raising Victor Vargas
Captures the awkwardness of adolescence like few films have.
