American Teen is a documentary directed by Nanette Burstein in 2008. The tagline of the film is "Remember High School? It's gotten worse." The film follows five seniors at Warsaw High Schoool in Indiana through their final year of high school. Each student fits a "Breakfast Club" sterotype. The jock, the rebel, queen bee, the heartthrob, and the nerd. It was shot on 35mm on a reported budget of $5 million, but only grossed $1,130,270 in revenue. The film got picked up by Paramount Vintage but was only distributed on a very limited release after it hit the film festival circuit. Some critics of the film have said the Burstein gave the film too much of a sensationalized feel, which is why it didn't fair well revenue wise.
I rented the film last winter and loved it however. I thought it was short smartly and made you either connect with the students are feel the hatred of high school through them. I think growing up at Midwest high school definitely helped me connect with the documentary, but I would definitely recommend it, for a humorous, but yet touching doc.
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