Thirteen

The script is as overexcited as the girls themselves, and its affirmative ending is unearned.

It is here that the performances pay emotional dividends. The sight of Hunter kissing her daughter's self-inflicted scars as if trying to kiss away the psychological pain that raised them will haunt me for some time.

Explicit peer pressure story for older teens.

The film remains a searing time capsule of a place, and a timeless elegy for that messy period in girls’ lives that we’re all lucky if we make it out in one piece.