After he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday, Cody learns that his birthmother is a mermaid.After he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday, Cody learns that his birthmother is a mermaid.After he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday, Cody learns that his birthmother is a mermaid.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Lisa Stahl
- Sharon Griffin
- (as Lisa Stahl Sullivan)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere's an uncredited appearance by Kristen Stewart (in her first role) as a girl in the fountain line. Her mother, Jules Stewart, was the script supervisor for the TV movie.
- GoofsThe movie is titled "The Thirteenth Year", however, the time-line is inconsistent. When Cody is introduced, he's very clearly an infant, not a newborn, yet in the time-skip the words "13 years later" appear on the screen, implying that Cody would actually be several months older than 13. Also, the year after his 13th birthday would be his fourteenth year, not thirteenth.
- Quotes
Jess Wheatley: I finally get a friend and he turns into a fish. Typical.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Disneycember: Descendants 2 (2017)
Featured review
A Troubling Puberty
Young Chez Starbuck is going through one interesting puberty, in his 13th year he's starting to grow fish scales and fins, especially when he's in the water. Which being a junior high school swimming champion he's in the water a lot.
It turns out that he was adopted, a baby left on his parent's boat, they run water tours from their sleepy Pacific coast village. The only one who young Chez can confide in is his friend Justin Jon Ross whose dad is the local eccentric and runs a salvage business. The dad is played by Brent Briscoe and he's seen mermaids in the harbor and has even done research on the subject, though where he would have got it, God only knows.
Disney channel features aren't any competition for Gone With The Wind or The Godfather, but The Thirteenth Year is definitely one of the silliest on record. There are so many holes in the plot on this one, I gave up counting. But I doubt this is the typical experience for MerMen in any case. Just why the infant that grew up to be Chez Starbuck was left on the boat was left unexplained.
I'm not sure I want to find out.
It turns out that he was adopted, a baby left on his parent's boat, they run water tours from their sleepy Pacific coast village. The only one who young Chez can confide in is his friend Justin Jon Ross whose dad is the local eccentric and runs a salvage business. The dad is played by Brent Briscoe and he's seen mermaids in the harbor and has even done research on the subject, though where he would have got it, God only knows.
Disney channel features aren't any competition for Gone With The Wind or The Godfather, but The Thirteenth Year is definitely one of the silliest on record. There are so many holes in the plot on this one, I gave up counting. But I doubt this is the typical experience for MerMen in any case. Just why the infant that grew up to be Chez Starbuck was left on the boat was left unexplained.
I'm not sure I want to find out.
helpful•73
- bkoganbing
- Dec 12, 2008
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- The 13th Year
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content