Short Term 12 is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The film follows a young supervisor at a residential treatment facility for troubled teens. It focuses on how she ...

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The unembellished emotional honesty conveyed in the indie drama Short Term 12 is so expertly handled that it carries the viewer past any hesitations harbored regarding the film’s overly familiar ...

David Edelstein’s 10 Best Movies of 2013Her, American Hustle, The Act of Killing, and more. Plus, the runners-up and the best performances of the year. Edelstein: Short Term 12 Is the Most Wrenching ...

Destin Daniel Cretton’s film opens on a casual note, as the outfit's 20-something staffers assemble for another working day. Mason (John Gallagher Jr) is telling a self-deprecating funny story to ...

Actress Ellen Travolta and a regional foster youth nonprofit will host a 2 p.m. Sunday fundraiser featuring the film, “Short Term 12,” in Coeur d’Alene. Shown at Regal Theater at the Village at ...

Streaming platforms for Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online. 'Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes' Release Dates ...

A 20-something supervising staff member of a foster care facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Destin Daniel Cretton was just trying to give a struggling young actor a job. How hard could it be? He and LaKeith Stanfield had worked together three years earlier, on a 22-minute short film Cretton ...

“Short Term 12” is a small miracle of a film. Writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton takes one of society’s most serious subjects – its abused and neglected children – and puts them in a movie with so ...