13 Going On 30 Shows Teens the Reality of Adulthood
"13 Going on 30" tracks the tricky transition from adolescence to adulthood.

A short film based on the director’s poem of the same name featured in Impeachable, the journal of bad art collaboration, Fall 2012.
"13 Going on 30" tracks the tricky transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Most movies give you their point upfront, while others make you think it’s about a specific topic, then reveal that the story is about something else. Pink Lady belongs somewhere in the middle of those two categories.
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.
This film’s ambition is betrayed by its lack of substance.
Although bogged down by a slow pace and moralistic intent, ‘Deadly Garage Sale’ (2022) makes the most of its silly and nonsensical premise.
Desi’s “straight man” to Lucy’s playful exuberance subverted people’s expectations of what a Latino man could be and added respect and nuance to the way onscreen marriages between men and women were portrayed.