Talk:Thirteen (film)

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Note that the title is lower case, and should stay thirteen, not Thirteen. RickK 05:56, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)

This seems a little ambiguous. Yes the poster is lower case, but just about everywhere else (including the Fox Searchlight site) has it upper case. --Lee Hunter 14:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Anyone else think this movie was horrible? I never saw the point. A girl gets high and becomes a whore. Wow, thats what some real people do. Best movie ever? I'm not sure... I don't get why the acting is so "great" either... Honestly the truth is quite sad, it isn't that difficult for an average 15 year old girl to act like a slut...

The point is quite clear: The effects of disfuntional family, drugs, peer-pressure, and deception on an adolescent child that is growing up way too fast. The film neither blantantly glorifies or shuns these themes, but rather puts them forth in a satirical sort of way that is chalk full of visual symbolism and relentless scenes. The acting is considered great because of the realism. It almost seems spontaneous and un-deliberate, much like the life of a young teenager. Who would of thunk-it. SousaFan88 08:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Editing AntonioMartin's edits 2 Controversy 3 References 4 Intentionally misleading? 5 Title is UPPERCASE!!!

[edit] Editing AntonioMartin's edits

Changes: revert title to proper lowercase; remove lesbianism referece (which was very short and very minor plot point in movie); fix wording and bias (e.g.: "It should be noted that the parents had problems of their own." (para)); remove inaccuracte reference to Nikki Reed's character's "mother" (cousin raised her, not mother): cousin was unemployed actress and employed bartender, not stripper. 69.140.241.69 06:59, 3 May 2005

[edit] Controversy

I added as much as I could to the "controversy" section, but it can defiently be expanded. Anyone who can help with it, please do. --Courtkittie 07:08pm, 11 July 2005

This is the worst movie ever made. --i8pgump 06:20am, 05 February 2007

[edit] References

There is a discussion taking place at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Films#References_in_Popular_Culture_Project about such sections, to which you are all invited to contribute. The JPS 12:29, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intentionally misleading?

How exactly? Did it have trailers making it out to look like a comedy or something?--Josh 19:34, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Gymnastics- exactly where in the film is there any reference to Tracy taking gymnastics? Anorexic- Evie does not introduce Tracy to anorexia. Apart from her occasional refusal of food Tracy does not display any sign of suffereing from this disorder.

[edit] Title is UPPERCASE!!!

Yes you heard me right. The title of this film is uppercase. According to the studio's official site http://workingtitlefilms.com/film.php?filmID=29 it is written in uppercase. There are plenty of films that are advertised in uppercase or lowercase. These are just for marketing purposes. I suggest we change this to Thirteen (film). Parable1991 02:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Having it in lowercase seems to be a too literal interpretation of the poster.

Peter ^Isotalo 12:57, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Agree. Changed. ConDem^Talk 19:04, 3 March 2007 (UTC)