2013 Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Brie Larson John Gallagher Jr. Kaitlyn Dever Rami Malek Lakeith Stanfield Kevin Hernandez Melora Walters Stephanie Beatriz Lydia Du Veaux Alex Calloway Frantz Turner Diana Maria Riva Harold Cannon Silvia Curiel Bran'dee Allen Danny Roper Elyssa Gutierrez Garryson Zamora Michael Marto Patricia Barrett Tanya Marie A. Bitanga Zoe Wilkens Angel Amaral Arnold Barrera Joseph Bruley Fred Herrera Shika Moran Nikki Chapman Fay DeLaCruz Show All…
Joshua Astrachan Asher Goldstein Ron Najor Maren Olson Frederick W. Green Douglas R. Stone David Kaplan
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rami malek rubbing his cheek aggressively with purell, cleaning doors with some nice looking gloves on, eating bananas, vacuuming couches and saying the wrong shit all the time is straight up 2020 mood and possibly forever mood
every single lying ass bitch who suggested this in my 'rec me some cute lil indies' list owes me a hundred dollars and a fucking hug i have a thesis paper to do i cant be crying about an entire foster home at 5pm on a monday
Was curious to see how this would hold up to a second viewing. Given that I cried MORE this time, I'm gonna say it held up pretty well. I definitely underrated John Gallagher Jr. the first time around, he's definitely on par with Brie Larson in this movie.
Screw it, I'm giving it the extra half star.
brie larson and kaitlyn dever deserve soOOoOooOoOoOOOoo much more recognition for their roles in this film. dever was super great in booksmart but i think dramas are where it's at for her. she's amazing and shines like the brightest star here
57/100
A.V. Club review. A superlative (if pretty earnest) community portrait that unfortunately gets hijacked by hackneyed screenwriting-manual nonsense. I was in NYU's Dramatic Writing program in the '90s, and this is exactly the kind of thing that kids get taught in screenwriting classes.
"I just don't feel like Grace's problems are really relevant to the work she's doing. What if...she started working at Short Term 12 because [incredibly dumb spoiler]? That would explain her obsession with, what's the young girl's name, Jaden?"
"But the last thing I want to do is explain it. That's lame. Why does everything have to be so mechanistic?"
[Entire class stares at you blankly, except Harmony Korine who's carving something into the arm of his desk with a ballpoint pen.]
Jessica: You okay, man? How do you feel?
Nate: Not good. I mean, that... that was crazy. They just fight like that?
Jessica: Nate, I'm not asking you how you're feeling.
Nate: Right. Sorry.
There seem to be three common criticisms of Short Term 12, and I want to respond to each of them in turn:
1. It is inauthentic/contrived.
2. Brie Larson's character shouldn't need a backstory to explain her.
3. It wraps itself up too neatly.
I haven't read a version of the first one that follows it up with 'and I should know, because...', so we can nip that in the bud. I get why people might be uncomfortable with how tight and controlled the writing and…
"Put a label on my head so you know what its like/
to live a life not knowing what a normal life's like."
A modest film, yet Short Term 12 is charming, funny, heartfelt and poignant at the same time - packing the incredible performance of Brie Larson to create one of my favourite films of the year. There is just a big, fat heart that this film encompasses, and the well-developed characters and naturalism to the plot assists in developing it.
Short Term 12 addresses stigmas associated with "foster kids" or neglected youths, they're disadvantaged, less privileged and 'messed up' - but the film offers a perspective that makes us understand that they are also real, misunderstood people, through…
