“American Teen,” the documentary from Nanette Burstein, documents the senior year of five high school students in Warsaw, Indiana. Where is Warsaw? Good question. Thanks to Google maps, Warsaw is 123 miles away from Chicago and 162 miles away from Indianapolis.
The five high school students selected all fill an archetypal role. There’s Princess Megan, Rebel Hannah, Jock Colin, Geek Jake and Heartthrob Mitch. They are the people you went to high school with, I guarantee it.
When watching the film, you almost forget it’s a documentary. It’s more like you’re watching a drama about high school. Except here, the drama is real. From significant-other problems to the nervous anticipation of college acceptance letters, this film will bring you immediately back to your own high school days.
Sure the technology has improved, but the film illuminates that for most, high school is still the same. Indeed, same crap but different year.
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