THIRTEEN!

Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is a polite and helpful thirteen-year old, who pays close attention to her schoolwork and has two close and equally well-behaved friends. However, Tracy's father rarely sees her and her well-meaning recovering alcoholic mother Mel (Holly Hunter) allows her friends, including her recently rehabbed crack-addict boyfriend (Jeremy Sisto), to eat their food and stay at their home rent-free. To cope with her family problems, Tracy self-harms. When Tracy starts seventh-grade she is teased for her clothing. She becomes envious of popular girl Evie (Nikki Reed). To win Evie's approval, she steals a wallet and shares the money with Evie. Impressed, Evie befriends her and introduces her to sex and drugs. Evie, who lives with either her aunt or cousin, the exact relationship between them is never made clear in the film, her legal guardian, Brooke, extends her visit at Tracy's house by telling Mel stories about the abuse suffered as a child and now, at the hands of Brooke's boyfriend. She gains further sympathy by claiming her mother is dead. Mel finds out later on that some of Evie's stories were true and desperately wants to help her. However, after Tracy begins to pick fights constantly with Mel about her boyfriend, Mel decides to send Evie home. Angered, Evie turns on Tracy, excluding her, spreading gossip about her, and telling the teachers about her bad behaviour as well as handing in her fake ID. When Brooke finds drugs in Evie's room, Evie tells her of all of their activities but claims they were Tracy's idea. They proceed to search Tracys' room only to find similar contraband. Brooke and Mel confront Tracy but when Brooke accuses Tracy of corrupting Evie, Mel counters that is was actually Evie who corrupted Tracy. Unpersuaded, Brooke vows to move with Evie to a different town and never let her see Tracy again, after revealing Tracy's self-harm habit to Mel. Mel kisses the scars and cuts from her daughters self-harm after vowing she would do anything for Tracy and her brother. The film ends with Tracy screaming as she spins on a round about, letting out a blood-curdling scream.