Short Term 12

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.

It's a delicate yet passionate creation, modest in scope but almost overwhelming in its emotional intricacy, ambition, and resonance. Easily one of the best films so far this year, it's a nearly perfect blend of pimple-faced naturalism, righteous moral fury, nuanced social insight, and unsentimental but devastating drama.

A genuinely moving look at life in a group foster home that avoids most of the usual routes into viewers' hearts.

[Brie Larson's] performance is something of a quiet revelation, and in turn, the same could be said of the film itself.

Brie Larson is a revelation as the linchpin of Short Term 12. An industrious young actress, her performance here is remarkably natural and understated.

It doesn’t happen all at once, nor does the film imply that coming to terms with one’s past is any kind of panacea. Grace’s problems are long term, but, like her adolescent charges, one has the sense she’ll get by.

There's a too-cute-to-be-true ending to this US indie movie by the much-acclaimed young director Destin Cretton; I couldn't buy it, and found myself wondering if I had kept the receipt for the rest of the film too.

This is a movie that connects with all human emotions at the same time, both good and bad. The degree of realism of human interaction is superb, and the characters are very well developed. This is one of those rare movies that touches you for real, and leave you with that warm feeling inside.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

The performances are great. However, I can't say the same thing about the way the subject matter is treated and presented. At times it felt embarrassingly over inflated, surreal and at some points, like a fairy tale. I think they tried to squeeze to much emotion in less than two hours. I've definitely seen more decent and way better movies about child abuse.

De flojera, puro loco mariguano violado depresivo suicida, las chavas estan guapas, y son buenos actores, pero aburrida

Not believable. The history of the lead was improbable. More like a documentary but was too neatly linked up to a matching unbelievable conclusion. Tried to pull all the emotional strings, if you don't fall for it then waiting for the ending was all that was worth waiting for.