Velda Bontrager, Joann Hochstetler, Emma Miller, Faron Yoder, Gerald Yutzy

Amish teenagers experience and embrace the modern world as a rite-of-passage before deciding which life they will choose.

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71% liked it

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56% liked it

9 critics

Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.

Directed by: Lucy Walker

Release Date: January 1, 2002

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DVD Release Date: February 4, 2003

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  • December 2, 2008
    Very well done. Nothing like seeing Amish kids deal crack.
  • October 14, 2007
    This documentary explains "Rumspringa". Once Amish teens turn 16, they are allowed to experience the outside world. After several months to several years of living in our culture, they must decide if they want to return to the Amish church or continue to live in the outside and b...( read more)e shunned by their families and community. It was sad to see some of them getting involved in drugs and smoking but also very interesting to see them suddenly exposed to what we take for granted every day.
  • September 23, 2007
    I expected a lot more from this one. Still an interesting look at Amish culture.
  • July 25, 2007
    Definately shed some light on the amish community - it answered a lot of questions, but also opened the door to even more curiosity of the Amish
  • November 23, 2009
    I love documentaries, and this one is great!
  • November 7, 2009
    I lived in amish contry, I thought this was very int.
  • October 21, 2009
    Amish kids gone wild
  • July 11, 2009
    wot??? amish rebels???...since bloody when?
  • June 11, 2009
    omg gave new lite to their ways.
  • July 27, 2008
    Watched it for a College English class.. it was okay, but I wasn't impressed.

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October 24, 2003
Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Lucy Walker neither criticizes, romanticizes nor patronizes her subject. full review

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