Director:Destin
Daniel Cretton Producer:Maren
Olson, Asher Goldstein,
Joshua Astrachan,
Ron Najor
Screenplay by:Destin
Daniel CrettonRunning time:96
min Country:United
StatesLanguage:EnglishGenre:Drama
Subtitle:English Starring:Brie Larson
as Grace, John Gallagher, Jr. as
Mason, Kaitlyn Dever as Jayden,
Rami Malek as Nate, Keith
Stanfield as Marcus, Kevin
Hernandez as Luis, Melora Walters
as Dr. Hendler, Stephanie Beatriz
as Jessica,
Lydia Du Veaux as Kendra, Alex
Calloway as Sammy, Frantz Turner
as Jack, Diana-Maria Riva as
Nurse Beth
A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential
treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that
world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.
Short Term 12 is a 2013 American drama film written and
directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, based on his short
film of the same title and starring Brie Larson, John
Gallagher, Jr., Keith Stanfield and Kaitlyn Dever. The
film premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival, where it
won both the Grand Jury Narrative Feature Award and the
Narrative Audience Award. Critical response to the film
has been overwhelmingly positive, calling it "a roller
coaster of every emotion, managing to be both
heartwarming and heartrending at once". The film was
released theatrically in the United States on August 23,
2013.
Short Term 12 is told through the eyes of Grace, a
twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility
for at-risk teenagers. She is passionate and tough, a
formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge – and in
love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason.
Grace and Mason struggle to help Marcus, an intense,
quiet kid who is about to turn 18, cope with the
difficulty of having to leave the facility. But Grace’s
own difficult past, added to the surprising future that
suddenly presents itself, throw her into unforeseen
confusion, made all the sharper by a new arrival,
Jayden, a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom she
has a charged connection.
User Reviews
A great film
25 August 2013 | by buzzbruin-650-409183 (United States)
One of the few movies in my life I cried at. Due to some
of my background I was moved by the subject matter. It
is one of the most natural movies I have ever seen. The
entire cast seemed like real people and not one of them
seemed like an actor. Great movies plunge the viewer
into real lives as if they suddenly discovered someone
else''s life in front of them. The writer/director also
had balance in the story, The most emotional scenes had
tremendous impact because the timing when they occurred
was not suspected. The scenes were gut-wrenching and
drove me to emotional experiences as if I was a person
in the film. Thus, the tears. This may be a hard film
for viewers to be involved with, but it is worth every
minute of it. The private lives of the leaders were
weaved into the film and gave great understanding to the
people who ran the agency. The child acting was without
a flaw, and I felt as if I knew them in real life. I
urge you to see it, but prepare yourself for an
emotional ride with people in dire circumstances. A
simply great film!!
