Review of Short Term 12 (2013) by Everett J — 09 Jan 2014

This is one of those indie movies that sometimes seems like a documentary because it feels so real. Brie Larson stars as Grace, a girl in her twenties who works at a home for at risk teens. She loves the kids, plays with them, and is there for them when no one else is.

Then something happens in her personal life than begins to change her while she gets a new teen whom she takes a special interest in because she sees so much of herself in her. This is a pretty solid little movie with a great performance by Larson.

Mark my words in the next few years she is gonna be a major actress. She was the daughter on "United States of Tara", a show which few people watched but was amazing. The kids in the home feel like kids that got plucked right out of the streets/bad homes.

They all do great. The movie is one of those "quiet" movies with a lot of shakey camera shots and not a lot of background music. It does drag some, but it never gets boring or tedious. One of the better 2013 indie movies for sure.

Definitely worth a watch.