American Teen

...en lättsam dokumentär som är underhållande för stunden.

...digs deeply into why kids grudgingly accept the roles they've been given and the brutal consequences that come with straying outside the lines.

...remains emotionally involving because of the lives on show. You will care about these people...

...works effectively as what it wants to be: a look at these lives, in this town (mostly middle-class, white and Christian), at this time.

We get a window into the 17-year-old mind-set, as well as a slice of contemporary Americana.