American Teen
The Story:
We follow the lives of five teenagers--a jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek--in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school.
Rebel:
Hannah, smart, beautiful, ambitious but troubled; an arty liberal in a small traditional, conservative, Christian, midwestern town. Dreaming of moving to California after graduation.
Princess:
Megan, student council vice president, prom queen; wealthy, pretty, popular. Anxiously awaiting the results of her application to the expensive college that all her siblings attended.
Geek:
Jake, the classic geek. Socially awkward and lacking in empathy, crushed with self-doubt and covering it up with bravado, Jake is determined to find a girlfriend in senior year. Whether she likes it or not.
Jock:
Colin, local basketball star, desperate to make an impression not only on his school, his dad and his coach, but to get the sports scholarship that will change his life and save him from the army.
Hearthrob:
Mitch: Mr Popular to Megan’s Miss. Good looking, charming, but with an unexpected soft side.
And then we follow the students for a year. Big Brother like, all their trials and tribulations are laid bare. And they are, for the most part, exactly what you would expect. Boyfriends. Girlfriends. College. Grades. Hannah is excruciatingly unlucky in love. Megan makes Cordelia Chase look like a saint. Mitch is, frankly, an idiot. There are no words for Jake. Sad. Maybe slightly autistic. And Colin just needs to learn to stop hogging the ball and everything will be just fine.
Starring:
Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Megan Krizmanich, Jake Tusing, Geoff Haase, Mitch Reinholt, Ali Wikalinska. (as themselves)
Directed By:
Nanette Burstein
Release:
2008
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