Mini Reviews

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The Amityville Horror
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
3.0 / 5
(3.0)
Screen Time:  small
Actress: 
Chloe Moretz
8 years old
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Father of a happy family starts seeing things and going crazy as they move into a new house with sinister history. Chloe is pretty as the daughter, and especially endearing in the extras of the DVD.
Chloe Moretz
Actress Photo
8 years old
Hansel & Gretel
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
3.0 / 5
(3.0)
Screen Time:  very small
Actress: 
Dakota Fanning [bio]
8 years old
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Dakota's poorest role. The director probably had no idea what he wanted Dakota to do. The rest of this fairytale gives the same disfavorable impression. The highlight is Dakota's weirdest expression ever (see the screenshot).
Dakota Fanning
8 years old
Bob the Butler
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
2.7 / 5
(2.7)
Screen Time:  large
Actress: 
Genevieve Buechner
13 years old
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Although Tom Green makes a funny-looking butler Bob, nothing in his central role in this comedy made me more than smirk weakly. Genevieve, who looks well below her age, is a wonderfully evil tween. If you're going to watch this because of Genevieve (which is a worthy idea), check out her better, earlier movie Saint Monica first.
Genevieve Buechner
Actress Photo
13 years old
Jumanji
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
2.5 / 5
(2.5)
Screen Time:  medium
Actress: 
Kirsten Dunst
12 years old
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A rather tiring family adventure. Twelve-year-old Kirsten Dunst is among the main characters, but even she can only do so much with such poor writing.
Kirsten Dunst
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12 years old
Scary Movie 4
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
2.5 / 5
(2.5)
Screen Time:  medium
Actress: 
Conchita Campbell
10 years old
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A straightforward spoofing movie, parodying mainly War of the Worlds, with a fair amount of material from several other popular movies. Conchita does a good job spoofing War of the World's Rachel, who was played by Dakota. I'm a fan of both of the girls, and quite enjoyed Conchita's role, although it's at most 5 minutes of screen time.
Conchita Campbell
Actress Photo
10 years old
Red Riding Hood (2004)
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
2.3 / 5
(2.3)
Screen Time:  very large
Actress: 
Morgan Thompson
13 years old
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A very modern version of the old tale, aimed for preteen girls. A grandmother comes baby sit an early teen girl (Morgan) and her little brother, and entertains them by reading the Little Red Riding Hood story, except modified for the current day. The girl imagines being the heroine of the story, and similarly for the other two people present; this Red has a little brother. Even the oh so handsome hunter shows up before end of the movie, which event, although hardly exciting, comes as close to the climax of this movie as it gets. The style of humor is mostly suited for children, but the age of the heroine and some mild sexual overtones indicate the intended audience is early teenagers. There are also plenty of references to modern day teen culture, such as the grandmother tying up her phone by flirting in an internet chatroom.
The budget must have been tight, with low production values and quite unpolished acting. Morgan has a degree of natural charm and makes a fine Red, independent and teeny, but there's not much character development or even close-up shots. Morgan is the only possible reason to invest 80 minutes of your life on this movie.
Morgan Thompson
Actress Photo
13 years old
Spielen wir Liebe
aka Maladolescenza
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0) (Eva)
1.5 / 5
(1.5) (Lara)
Screen Time:  large (Eva)
large (Lara)
Actresses: 
Eva Ionesco
12 years old
Lara Wendel
12 years old
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Highly controversial due to showing plenty of early teenager nudity, this unsettling coming of age story is regarded as a masterpiece by some, and exploitative junk by others. The first day of their summer holiday, Laura (Lara) and Fabrizio meet at the edge of a forest, as they have done in years past, to spend the summer together in the woods. Fabrizio has however changed, and seems now only interested in abusing Laura psychologically, to the extent of tying her to the ground and releasing a snake on her. Laura, unbelievably, stays with Fabrizio despite everything, apparently too attracted to him.
This is the only major plot element until Fabrizio meets another early teenage girl Silvia (Eva), who, unlike soft Laura, is every bit as evil and dominating as Fabrizio. Silvia is a willing sex partner for Fabrizio, and Laura is relegated to subserviency and object of malice. They even force Laura to watch while having sex, another way of asserting the pecking order. Plenty of skin is shown, including breasts, pubic hair and more. Closeups are excluded from our screenshots and video clip.
The actresses perform decently, but due to their age are almost completely out of scope for this site, and so are given low scores. Regardless, Eva impresses with her uniquely cold, evil and erotic look. Eva is also famous for having been a model in her mother's erotic photographs from the age of five, and for having appeared in Italian Playboy at the age of 11.
The direction has plenty of elementary flaws. There are very confusing temporal jumps, and in many scenes characters are not in the least credible. The ending completely fails to have any emotional impact or to bring a feeling of closure, violating the simplest rules of drama. Nonetheless, if early teenager sexuality and cruelty are taboos for you, the movie does have impact. That is its largest merit by far.
Eva Ionesco
Actress Photo
12 years old
Lara Wendel
Actress Photo
12 years old
Paranoid
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Screen Time:  small
Actress: 
Mischa Barton [bio]
12 years old
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Directed by John Duigan (Lawn Dogs), actors including Mischa and Jessica Alba – yet this movie is a failure. A beautiful model (Alba) discovers she's been drugged and raped, and is not allowed to leave the house. An underachievement in every way, except Mischa's role as a mute, mildly retarded girl is worth checking out for her fans.
Mischa Barton
12 years old
That Night
Movie Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Actress Score: 
2.0 / 5
(2.0)
Screen Time:  large
Actress: 
Eliza Dushku
11 years old
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That Night is not a good movie. The main attraction to me was Eliza, whom I had come to know through Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There is no striking similarity between the younger and older Elizas, which was something of a disappointment to me. In this movie, Eliza plays Alice Bloom, a girl with little in way of friends and lacking love from parents. Alice greatly admires a beautiful older girl Sheryl O'Connor (Juliette Lewis) living across the street, and, cutely for a young girl, becomes something of a stalker. The two befriend, and Eliza starts tagging along with Sheryl and her boyfriend Rick. Sheryl's parents disapprove of Rick, and make an attempt to prevent Sheryl from seeing him anymore, ergo a recipe for the mild climax of the movie.
The events as well as the characters failed to spark my interest, and I would have stopped watching altogether had not Eliza, who made her debut in this movie, had a fairly large role.
Eliza Dushku
Actress Photo
11 years old
Andre
Movie Score: 
1.9 / 5
(1.9)
Actress Score: 
3.0 / 5
(3.0)
Screen Time:  medium
Actress: 
Tina Majorino
9 years old
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An family movie with a seal named Andre in the main role. Very much a kids' movie, with little to offer for older viewers. Tina stands out as the one with skill and charm.
Tina Majorino
Actress Photo
9 years old

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