When a mild-mannered, 13-year-old honors student befriends a popular, but troubled, girl in class, she discovers drugs, sex, and crime, turning her life turned upside down and sending her family into freefall. Catherine Hardwicke directs an honest & captivating tale of adolescent angst and self-destruction loosely drawn from co-star/co-writer and Independent Spirit Award Best Debut Performance winner Nikki Reed’s real life. Holly Hunter scored an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, while a young Evan Rachel Wood is absolutely stellar in the lead role.
“Director Catherine Hardwicke works with such flair and fury it’s as if the camera were jutting right out of her heart.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
