American Teen is a documentary that follows a handful of teens throughout their senior year of high school. I refuse to use the cover that imitates The Breakfast Club.
This film has a few delightful moment (Hannah's grandparents are the cutest things ever), but it was so obnoxious how they tried to fit every person into a mold. Instead of trying to bypass the stereotypes, this film leapt whole heartedly into them and crammed all the footage to fit. MTV can and has done better looks at teenagers' real lives. This just sort of sucked.
Two stars - one each for the darling grandmothers in the pre-prom picture taking scene. I'd watch a movie about them any day.
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