Thirteenth Year: The

: Released on May 15, 1999, The Thirteenth Year was one of the early fantasy-driven DCOMs that defined a generation.

: Cody Griffin, an adopted teen and star swimmer, begins experiencing bizarre changes on his 13th birthday. The Thirteenth Year

: Cody must hide these changes from his peers and a local fisherman, Big John Wheatley, who is obsessed with proving mermaids exist. He enlists the help of his "nerdy" classmate, Jess, whose father happens to be the obsessed fisherman. : Released on May 15, 1999, The Thirteenth

: Symptoms include an unquenchable thirst, sticking to objects (like milk cartons), generating electricity, and growing scales when wet. He enlists the help of his "nerdy" classmate,

: The film uses the fantastical premise of a boy turning into a merman to serve as a poignant, if sometimes literal, allegory for the physical and emotional turbulence of puberty. II. Plot Summary: The "Mer-Boy" Mystery