Short Term 12 (2013)
Country: US
Technical: col 96m
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Cast: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr, Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield, Kaitlyn Dever
Synopsis:
A young woman who works as a monitor at a juvenile residential centre confronts her own buried troubles through the prism of her longterm boyfriend and their new charge, an abused teenage girl.
Review:
Rare indeed to have an American feature deal soberly with such cogent social issues as neglect and abuse, and for the most part eschew easy answers. Not that it doesn't lay to rest certain crises with reassuring ease, but the rawness of the acting by a talented younger cast and the freewheeling good humour of the adult characters help anchor the film in the real. Also it closes neatly as it begins, signalling that not all stories are yet resolved.
Country: US
Technical: col 96m
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Cast: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr, Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield, Kaitlyn Dever
Synopsis:
A young woman who works as a monitor at a juvenile residential centre confronts her own buried troubles through the prism of her longterm boyfriend and their new charge, an abused teenage girl.
Review:
Rare indeed to have an American feature deal soberly with such cogent social issues as neglect and abuse, and for the most part eschew easy answers. Not that it doesn't lay to rest certain crises with reassuring ease, but the rawness of the acting by a talented younger cast and the freewheeling good humour of the adult characters help anchor the film in the real. Also it closes neatly as it begins, signalling that not all stories are yet resolved.
Country: US
Technical: col 96m
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Cast: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr, Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield, Kaitlyn Dever
Synopsis:
A young woman who works as a monitor at a juvenile residential centre confronts her own buried troubles through the prism of her longterm boyfriend and their new charge, an abused teenage girl.
Review:
Rare indeed to have an American feature deal soberly with such cogent social issues as neglect and abuse, and for the most part eschew easy answers. Not that it doesn't lay to rest certain crises with reassuring ease, but the rawness of the acting by a talented younger cast and the freewheeling good humour of the adult characters help anchor the film in the real. Also it closes neatly as it begins, signalling that not all stories are yet resolved.