Film

Short Term 12

Name: Short Term 12
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Released: 2008
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Brad William Henke, Tania Verafield, LaKeith Stanfield, Adam Shapiro, Phoenix Henke

2008 · 22 min · ★ 7.1 · Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton

A film about kids and the grown-ups who hit them.

A day at a group home for troubled adolescents. Denim is the head counselor, involved somehow with Natalia, another counselor. During the day, we watch them and other staff deal with a boy who's getting into fights though he has only a week to go before his 18th birthday, a girl whose birthday it is, a foul-mouthed lad, and others. Denim uses music to calm one youth, orients a new staff member, sneaks a marijuana cigarette during a break, and by the day's end, talks to Natalia. Do any of us have it together?