DVD Review: American Teen - Page 4

As for special features, they're pretty standard. There are post-screening interviews with the now college-aged cast titled "Pop Quiz" (either post festival screenings or the theatrical release), where they quickly update us on what life is like now that they've been in a movie. There's a section of short interview scenes that didn't make the final cut featuring Hannah titled "Hannah Blogs" that aren't actually blogs (or vlogs) but were probably posted as such in the films viral campaign. None are particularly interesting, but do provide more thoughts from the film's most articulate cast member (and further the notion that Hannah was Burstein's favourite). Then there's the deleted scenes (or MORE deleted scenes when you consider that the "Hannah Blogs" feature are also deleted scenes), which, like most deleted scenes featured on DVDs merely show that they deserve to be deleted scenes (especially in the case of one that features Jake at the end of a date, which goes on forever and illustrates why many of life's moments aren't compelling enough to be shown in movies). Finally, the DVD has five character-specific trailers which basically just cuts up the main trailer by character.

None of these special features are particularly special, so one's decision about whether or not to acquire the DVD should solely be based on one's opinion of the film itself; and given my above rating, the best I can recommend is to check this out as a rental.

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