13: The Musical
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 12, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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70
VarietyOwen GleibermanAug 19, 2022
13: The Musical is just catchy enough to make you forget how facile it is. It’s not greased lighting, but it glides right along. Read full review
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The New York TimesAmy NicholsonAug 12, 2022
While every image is as bright and colorful as a new box of crayons, the kids themselves never come across as artificial, thanks in part to Jamal Sims’ naturalistic but crisp choreography, which emphasizes stomps and leans and long-legged strides. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 12, 2022
The changes make this “13” look and feel more like a conventional Netflix teen movie — all about puppy love and jostling for popularity — rather than the one-of-a-kind theatrical experience it once was. But Jason Robert Brown’s songs are still incredibly snappy, turning common adolescent experiences like crushes, first kisses and going to horror movies with friends into up-tempo bops. Read full review
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Paste MagazineJesse HassengerAug 12, 2022
Apart from some stray moments of youthful exuberance, the film version of 13 has been scrubbed as clean as any high school musical, so that it resembles any number of sitcomy streaming programming—erasing the very novelty that made it sing on stage. Read full review
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Screen RantAlex HarrisonAug 12, 2022
With nothing of substance to chew on, the only thing a (committed) viewer can do is strap in for the 90-minute runtime and wait to hear a tune they like - and hope that, once it's over, they emerge earworm-free. Read full review
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