

Short Term 12
Visit website6.9/10 • 23
2008-09-23 • 0h 22m
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?
- Directors
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Writters
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Editors
- Destin Daniel Cretton

Short Term 12
Visit website2008-09-23 • 0h 22m
6.9/10 • 23
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?
- Directors
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Writters
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Editors
- Destin Daniel Cretton
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsBrad William Henke
Denim
Tania Verafield
Natalia
LaKeith Stanfield
Mark
Adam Shapiro
Scott
Phoenix Henke
Jayden
James J Hansen
Sammy
Katelin Chesna
Chelsea
Whitney Ball
Merrily
Andy Bonilla
Luis
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $3.00
- Revenue
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- Keywords
- adolescencesexual abuseshort film