2013 · drama
Short Term 12
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton1h 36m2013
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Our read: Short Term 12 (2013) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- sombre
- tender
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