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Short Term 12 (15)

Short Term 12 (15)

Drama

A 20-something supervising staff member of a foster care facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

More information on this production is available at www.vivaverve.com.

The critical consensus

Brie Larson is terrific as a woman in charge of a foster care unit in an earnest character study, nicely nuanced despite a slight tendency to overexplain.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 27/10/2013

Short Term 12 is a miracle of a movie. Beautifully written and perfectly played, all of human life is here: the good, the bad, the messy and the uplifting.

*****Ian Freer, Empire Online, 28/10/2013

The lead character’s called Grace, but don’t be put off: Cretton’s tough-love snapshot of shattered youth is achingly moving rather than manipulative or mawkish.

****(*)Kevin Harley, Total Film, 28/10/2013

Well-crafted and cleverly written.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 31/10/2013

Well intentioned, but somehow inauthentic.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 01/11/2013

Sharp, witty, heartfelt, sad, inspiring.

****(*)Adam Woodward, Little White Lies, 31/10/2013

It’s a jagged film at times, not always fully fleshed out, as it strays dangerously towards melodrama. But as a stepping stone for both Larson and Cretton, it leaves you tantalised as to what they’ll do next.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 01/11/2013

The kids are sensitively drawn, if a little pick-and-mix in terms of their issues and ethnicities, and the whole movie breathes with kindness and intelligence.

****(*)Catherine Shoard, The Observer, 03/11/2013

It’s a jagged film at times, not always fully fleshed out, as it strays dangerously towards melodrama. But as a stepping stone for both Larson and Cretton, it leaves you tantalised as to what they’ll do next.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 05/11/2013


Features about Short Term 12 (15)

Brie Larson interview: 'I just wanted to do weird stuff'

Tim Lewis, The Observer, 20/10/2013

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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