2013 Directed by Destin Cretton
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help 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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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.]
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.
"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…
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
This small-scale masterpiece deserved to look better, I cannot stand these empty, clean TV aesthetics. But in spite of that, this movie has everything: nuanced actors, a smart script and so much heart.
The reason I fell in love with film and the reason I originally went to college for social work
So I have a friend that me and my other friends call “Chrm” and all I could think about for the whole movie was Short Chrm 12.
so yeah
An unbelievably human story. Near perfect, might I add.
Gosh, this cast is stacked and contains a lot of their best performances. Brie Larson is one of my favourite actors out right now and she absolutely kills it, especially in some of her more impassioned scenes. I also continue to stan John Gallagher Jr. as the most likable actor in movies right now, he was perfect for the role in this.
Loved all the handheld camera work, really made this film feel natural and a fly-on-the-wall experience rather than a film. The score was heartwarming and perfectly placed, and the story was paced out and told through interesting scenes and moments in the characters life.
If I had to complain…
Destin Cretton’s second feature film SHORT TERM 12 is regarded as one of the better films of this entire decade and upon an initial view it is easy to see why. Packed with emotion and just enough character beats to carry you through the plot, we get to see a view of compassionate people taking care of broken children with a shockingly straight-faced view. This is a subject that is easy to mine emotion from, but I’d argue that SHORT TERM 12 does this with a deft enough hand that it leaves something compelling to think about throughout.
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