{"id":557,"date":"2014-08-06T10:59:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2025-09-06T18:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:47:43","slug":"short-term-12-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"Short Term 12-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short Term 12-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Destin Daniel Cretton, Lakeith Stanfield<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Brie Larson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #149<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed August 6, 2014\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Grade: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having just viewed Short Term 12 (2013), I am not sure I am getting all of the “this movie is brilliant” or “beyond amazing”, or glowing praise surrounding the film.<\/p>\n

The film is set in a group home for troubled teens and centers around the supervisor of the home named Grace (Brie Larson). Grace runs the home with her boyfriend and other twenty-something, mostly former troubled youths.<\/p>\n

The film’s focal point is Grace and both her problems (she is pregnant and her abusive father is being released from prison) and her relationships with the teens currently staying in the group home.<\/p>\n

The film is fairly engaging but seems a bit forced and not gritty enough given the subject matter.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the relationship between Grace and a new charge, Jayden, whom she befriends. The group of teens is almost too perfectly cast, however- with a mix of races and stereotypes, the kids did not come across as genuine.<\/p>\n

I would have liked to see more backstory for some of the kids besides the two that were given one.<\/p>\n

Subjects were introduced but not followed through with- Why was Grace\u2019s father never introduced onscreen? Where was the mother? Her childhood issues were mentioned only in passing. Some of Grace\u2019s actions were unrealistic and out of character for a counseling supervisor.<\/p>\n

Would she smash the windows of one of the teen\u2019s father\u2019s cars out of anger and not consider the repercussions? And what was with the constant poop jokes, especially in the first ten minutes?<\/p>\n

That was dumb and out of place.<\/p>\n

The film feels glossed over and I didn\u2019t feel the realism- almost like a CBS television drama with swear words added to seem harsher. The subject was brave, but many more details could have been delved into and explored in Short Term 12 (2013).<\/p>\n

Independent Spirit Award Nominations: 1 win-<\/strong>Best Female Lead-Brie Larson, Best Supporting Male-Lakeith Stanfield, Best Editing (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Short Term 12-2013 Director Destin Daniel Cretton, Lakeith Stanfield Starring Brie Larson Scott’s Review #149 Reviewed August 6, 2014\u00a0 Grade: C+ Having just viewed Short Term 12 (2013), I am not sure I am getting all of the “this movie is brilliant” or “beyond amazing”, or glowing praise surrounding the film. The film is set … Continue reading Short Term 12-2013<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3434,3972,192,41,211,6072,3948,3973,1988,2903,8178],"tags":[76,3440,3974,193,73,212,6074,3951,3975,1996,2909,8182],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-brie-larson","category-destin-daniel-cretton","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","category-john-gallagher-jr","category-kaitlyn-dever","category-lakeith-stanfield","category-melora-walters","category-rami-malek","category-stephanie-beatriz","tag-2013-movie-reviews","tag-brie-larson","tag-destin-daniel-cretton","tag-dramas-2","tag-independent-films","tag-indie-dramas","tag-john-gallagher-jr","tag-kaitlyn-dever","tag-lakeith-stanfield","tag-melora-walters","tag-rami-malek","tag-stephanie-beatriz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20070,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/20070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}