At a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers, Grace is a young counselor trying to do her best for kids who often have been pulled from the worst kinds of home situations. Even then, life is not easy as Grace and her colleagues care for kids who are too often profoundly scarred, even as they try to have lives of their own. Now, things are coming to a head as Grace readies for marriage even as some her charges are coming to major turning points in their lives. To cope, Grac... (Full plot summary below)
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At a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers, Grace is a young counselor trying to do her best for kids who often have been pulled from the worst kinds of home situations. Even then, life is not easy as Grace and her colleagues care for kids who are too often profoundly scarred, even as they try to have lives of their own. Now, things are coming to a head as Grace readies for marriage even as some her charges are coming to major turning points in their lives. To cope, Grace will have to make difficult perceptions and decisions that could put her career, and more importantly her charges, at dire risk.
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| Christianity TodayAlissa WilkinsonI don't expect to see a better film this year than Short Term 12. |
| KPBS.orgBeth AccomandoShort Term 12 is graced by an elegant simplicity and honesty that makes it one of the best films of the year. |
| EntertainmentTellStephen SilverIt could have been smug, exploitative or politically self-righteous but it's none- it's one of the year's most powerful films. |
| MovielinePete HammondHuman drama doesn't get much better treatment in the movies than this enormously affecting and beautifully acted independent film . A masterpiece. |
| Hollywood.comMichael ArbeiterFrom the get-go, the movie has you, anchoring you down to its sad and beautiful world and demanding that you carry with you all of the incredible thoughts and feelings it has to offer. |
| leonardmaltin.comLeonard MaltinIn portraying a wide range of attitudes and experiences writer-director Cretton never strikes a false note; if anything, you could almost be fooled into believing this is a fly-on-the-wall documentary. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyIndependent dramas don't come any better conceived or executed than this impressive debut outing from writer-director Destin Daniel Cretton. |
| Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghThe resulting portrait is nothing short of a tiny filmmaking miracle. It’s guaranteed to make you feel something — hopeful, probably, for Grace and her wards. And maybe even for the future of indie filmmaking. |
| Portland OregonianJamie S. RichA rare movie that serves both the head and the heart. The issues it broaches are achingly real, brought to vivid life by a consistently excellent cast. |
| Shockya.comPerri NemiroffIt's infinitely dynamic, making it one of the most moving, harrowing, heartwarming, and satisfying films of the year. |
