Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Nikki Reed | ... | Evie Zamora | |
Evan Rachel Wood | ... | Tracy Freeland | |
Vanessa Hudgens | ... | Noel (as Vanessa Anne Hudgens) | |
Holly Hunter | ... | Melanie Freeland | |
Brady Corbet | ... | Mason Freeland | |
Ulysses Estrada | ... | Rafa | |
Sarah Blakley-Cartwright | ... | Medina (as Sarah Blakely-Cartwright) | |
Jenicka Carey | ... | Astrid | |
Sarah Clarke | ... | Birdie | |
Jasmine Di Angelo | ... | Kayla | |
Tessa Ludwick | ... | Yumi | |
Kip Pardue | ... | Luke | |
Cece Tsou | ... | Businesswoman | |
Jeremy Sisto | ... | Brady | |
Jamison Yang | ... | Science Teacher |
At the edge of adolescence, Tracy is a smart straight-A student--if not a little naive (it seems...she smokes and she cuts to alleviate the emotional pain she suffers from having a broken home and hating her mom's boyfriend, Brady.) When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in school, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends. Written by Miss Kittin
I've been reading through the comments on here, and I'm wondering if I watched the same movie as everyone else. I was honestly blown away by this film, and agree with every praise that the critics have given it.
I think it's silly to say that Tracy was one-dimensional at all. She clearly had so much built-up frustration towards her mother, and her mother's boyfriend. Evan Rachel Wood did a perfect job of conveying the slow inner-destruction of Tracy.
It's hard to believe that Nikki Reed had no experience before this film. She absolutely nailed the manipulative attitude of Evie, while also making the viewer like her.
Holly Hunter's absolutely blew me away. Aside from Charlize Theron in Monster, and Felicity Huffmann in Transamerica, I can't think of a better performance than Hunter's. You could actually see the terror and panic in her face as she watched her daughter slowly slip deeper and deeper into trouble.
The final scene in the movie with Wood and Hunter is one of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone.