Based on the real-life experiences of actress Nikki Reed, who was like a daughter to Hardwicke, Thirteen showcased a brand-new era of girlhood. As cell phones and the internet became more common, teens were exposed to more facets of the world than ever before.
The film Thirteen is based on the true story of Nikki Reed. In her search to be accepted in junior high, Reed hung out with a fast crowd, getting caught up in drugs and shoplifting.
The girls' follow-up discussion makes it clear that things didn't end there. Another scene finds Evie kissing a sleeping Tracy and saying, “I love you.” Later, the pair lock lips and make out passionately.
Evie tells several different stories throughout the movie, "my mom is dead", my mom was a crackwhore", my mom's boyfriend hits me", "my uncle abused me", she has actual bruises on her neck and a burn scar on her back to support this, is it ever implied what is actually true?
The significance in Thirteen is that it provides a glimpse into the world of a seemingly "normal" girl struggling with a need for belonging and an outlet for her pain. The film provides adults with the opportunity to understand the motivation behind adolescent "experimentation."
Evie, so desperately wanting Mel to be her motherly figure, is saddened, angered and hurt by this, and is seen crying outside. Since Evie has been declined the offer of living with Tracy, she finds no need to continue her friendship with Tracy.
At a store owned by Melanie's friend, Tracy happily finds trendier clothes as Melanie offers a few dollars in change as payment. Tracy wears one of her new outfits to school and catches Evie's attention. Evie invites Tracy to go shopping on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, but gives her a fake phone number to prank her.
Evie comes from an abusive borderline environment. It's hard to know exactly what is true about her and what is not because of her incessant lies, but Evie describes her mother as a "crack whore." Her uncle sexually abused her and pushed her into a fire — she has the burn marks and a newspaper article to prove that.
She claims to have been sexually abused by an uncle and has scars on her back which she says he caused by holding her against a fire. If her story is true, it might help to explain Evie's promiscuity: the sexually exploited become sexual exploiters. But Evie's character is, in the end, too evil to be understood.
Evan Rachel Wood plays her friend Tracy, whose mother is played by Holly Hunter. In the film, Evie introduces Tracy to a world of crime, drugs, and sex, as both girls engage in substance abuse, self-harm, and encounter difficulty managing their extreme emotions. All of these signs are typical of BPD.
Watching it now in 2023, it's obvious that Thirteen, for better or worse, belongs in the canon of lesbian cinema. Its tale of queer girl coming-of-age goes deeper than a kiss — even a French one. Thirteen is about a girl named Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) who lives with her mom (Holly Hunter) and brother (Brady Corbet).
Then Evie and Javi sneak off, making Tracy extremely late and disoriented thanks to the creepy guy she's with. Not to mention that when Tracy did find them, it was heavily implied that Evie had just finished giving Javi oral sex.
Will there be a Thirteen 2? Writer Marnie Dickens says no. Today is the day fans of Thirteen find out about the fate of Ivy Moxham, the escaped abductee played by Jodie Comer in the hit drama.
student, though Evie doesn't spend very much time in school. Thirteen-year-old Evie has found an easy way of making money: stealing. Evie likes to take the easy way out of everything.
Portrayed by. Evie Zamora is a fictional character appearing in the 2003 film thirteen, from which she serves as one of the two main characters. She is portrayed by Nikki Reed.
Sooner rather than later, Tracy is drawn into a terrible depression which she deals with by using drugs, cutting herself, and being sexually promiscuous.
On the other hand, it would be nice if Tracy didn't have to take on every single one of every parent's worst nightmares; in addition to substance abuse, sexual involvement, lying, stealing, and failing in school, she develops an eating disorder and cuts herself.
David Allen suggested this film as an illustration of Borderline Personality Disorder. Seventh grader Tracy presents just such a picture, at least on the surface.
Loosely based on true events in actress/co-writer Nikki Reed's life. During a live Q&A on Ustream to celebrate the film's 10th anniversary, hosted by Reed and Wood, the actresses claimed that neither of them can watch the movie since they both have such strong emotional reactions to the film.
Evie is supposed to be a friend, yet she manipulates Tracy to be her puppet: she dresses her up, takes her to tattoo and body piercing shops, tells her who she should date and forces her into abusing Melanie - all for her own satisfaction.
The rest of the supporting cast is solid in filling in the background. Jeremy Sisto, as Melanie's ex-druggie boyfriend Brady, plays a man who made mistakes in his life, paid the price and is trying to get back on his feet - and is disdained by the 'new' Tracy. Sisto's is a likable, honest character.
SUMMARY: THIRTEEN can easily be considered every parent's worst nightmare for their adolescent because, in the movie, 13-year-old Tracy enters middle school and transforms from a sweet and respectful girl with stuffed animals and dolls on her bed to a drug-using, caustic and angry teenager willing to do anything to ...
