Short Term 12
- Release Date
- August 23, 2013
- Director
- Destin Cretton
- Cast
- Brie Larson , John Gallagher Jr. , Kaitlyn Dever , Stephanie Beatriz , Rami Malek , Alex Calloway
- Runtime
- 96
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Destin Cretton
- Tagline
- Incredibly moving. - Indiewire
- Website
- http://www.shortterm12.com/
Summary
Short Term 12 is told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson, 21 Jump Street and Showtime’s “The United States of Tara”), a twenty-something supervisor at a facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge – and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason (John Gallagher Jr., HBO’s “The Newsroom” and Tony Award-winner for Spring Awakening). But Grace’s own difficult past – and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself – throw her into unforeseen confusion, made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility: a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex, this lovingly realized film finds truth – and humor – in unexpected places. The second feature from Destin Daniel Cretton (I Am Not a Hipster), Short Term 12 also stars Kaitlyn Dever (Bad Teacher), Rami Malek (The Master), and Keith Stanfield.
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