Thirteen
Thirteen is a 2003 psychological teen drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Hardwicke and Nikki Reed also acting in it, and starring Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood and Reed with Jeremy Sisto, Brady Corbet, Deborah Kara Unger, Kip Pardue, Sarah Clarke, D. W. Moffett, Vanessa Hudgens (in her film acting debut), and Jenicka Carey in supporting roles. Loosely based on Reed's life from ages 12 to 13, the film's plot follows Tracy, a seventh-grade student in Los Angeles who begins dabbling in substance abuse, sex, self-harm, and crime after being befriended by a troubled classmate.
Plot
13-year-old Tracy Freeland begins the seventh grade as a smart, mild-mannered honors student at a middle school in Los Angeles. Her divorced mother Melanie is a recovering alcoholic who struggles to support Tracy and her older brother Mason by working as a hairdresser. Melanie is too busy and occupied with her fellow ex-addict boyfriend Brady to notice Tracy's increasing depression.