{"id":3580,"date":"2013-06-17T03:17:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T10:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2014-10-17T05:19:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T12:19:17","slug":"short-term-12-laff-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/","title":{"rendered":"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: debbie lynn elias<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"short<\/p>\n

Part of the Summer Showcase at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival, there’s nothing short term about the effects of SHORT TERM 12.\u00a0 An unexpected delight<\/strong>, there’s a lightness to the serious subject, at-risk teens in the foster care system – but the story has such depth and so many layers that every scene just peels back another piece of the onion, thanks in large part to the performances of Brie Larson and Kaitlyn Dever.\u00a0 As Grace and Jayden, counselor and youth, respectively, watching these two is like watching a dance of emotion. There is a wonderful ying and yang to not only their characters but each of them as actresses.\u00a0 A dramatic turn for Dever, she delivers an emotional range that raises the bar, going toe-to-toe with Larson who gives Grace a controlled thoughtfulness which propels a feeling for other characters and the audience that’s she hiding something, masking something. And again, just as Larson brings out the best in Dever so does Dever with Larson.<\/p>\n

Writer\/director Destin Daniel Cretton delivers a story that is well constructed, character driven as opposed to event driven.\u00a0 Thanks to a wonderful contrast of characters and dynamics, Cretton shows us both sides of the foster care system through the eyes of John Gallagher Jr.’s Mason, a counselor who himself was a foster child. It’s a hopeful element put into the audience’s mind that lifts the specter of doom from the group home, the kids there, and particularly, Grace and Jayden.<\/p>\n

Brett Pawlak’s lighting and lensing adds a softness and at times claustrophobic aura that serves the story well. Interior lighting is softer against the institutional yellows and greens. Lensing down hallways and through doorways, allows the audience to feel the same “closed in” emotional sensibility of the kids. Hand in hand is Rachel Myers’ production design which celebrates the lo-budget\/no budget world of child services (bulletin boards, shared thumb tacks, bare bones old hotel furnishing, dog eared colored paper memos on the bulletin board) while showcasing human creativity with the arts and crafts, especially with the making of Jayden’s birthday cards.<\/p>\n

SHORT TERM 12 will have a long term effect on everyone who sees it.\u00a0 One of my \u201cMust See\u201d LAFF films, SHORT TERM 12 is moving, motivational, hopeful, inspiring<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Written and Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.<\/p>\n

Cast:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brie Larson, Kaitlyn Dever, John Gallagher Jr., Rami Malek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: debbie lynn elias Part of the Summer Showcase at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival, there’s nothing short term about the effects of SHORT TERM 12.\u00a0 An unexpected delight, there’s a lightness to the serious subject, at-risk teens in the foster care system – but the story has such depth and so many layers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,9],"tags":[176,607],"class_list":["post-3580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies","category-reviews","tag-drama","tag-short-term-12-laff-review"],"yoast_head":"\nSHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review) - Behind The Lens Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker & celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker & celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Behind The Lens Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-17T10:17:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-10-17T12:19:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/short-term-12-laff.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"debbie lynn elias\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"debbie lynn elias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"debbie lynn elias\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2d9b602095eb0ce3d363efb75ad0b5d4\"},\"headline\":\"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-17T10:17:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-17T12:19:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":408,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/short-term-12-laff.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"drama\",\"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Movies\",\"Reviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/\",\"name\":\"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review) - Behind The Lens Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/short-term-12-laff.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-17T10:17:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-17T12:19:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker & celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/short-term-12-laff.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/short-term-12-laff.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":225},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/reviews\\\/short-term-12-laff-review\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"Behind The Lens Online\",\"description\":\"a division of elias entertainment network\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Behind the Lens\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/behind-the-lens.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/behind-the-lens.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":748,\"caption\":\"Behind the Lens\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2d9b602095eb0ce3d363efb75ad0b5d4\",\"name\":\"debbie lynn elias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5a60e3b15ca5d6738c95ea65bba59991c6f773c3bd70c951668c9dcbdc66b12f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5a60e3b15ca5d6738c95ea65bba59991c6f773c3bd70c951668c9dcbdc66b12f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5a60e3b15ca5d6738c95ea65bba59991c6f773c3bd70c951668c9dcbdc66b12f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"debbie lynn elias\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review) - Behind The Lens Online","description":"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker & celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)","og_description":"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker & celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...","og_url":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/","og_site_name":"Behind The Lens Online","article_published_time":"2013-06-17T10:17:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-10-17T12:19:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":225,"url":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/short-term-12-laff.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"debbie lynn elias","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"debbie lynn elias","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/"},"author":{"name":"debbie lynn elias","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/2d9b602095eb0ce3d363efb75ad0b5d4"},"headline":"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)","datePublished":"2013-06-17T10:17:26+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-17T12:19:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/"},"wordCount":408,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/short-term-12-laff.jpg","keywords":["drama","SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)"],"articleSection":["Movies","Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/","url":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/","name":"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review) - Behind The Lens Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/short-term-12-laff.jpg","datePublished":"2013-06-17T10:17:26+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-17T12:19:17+00:00","description":"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker & celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/short-term-12-laff.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/short-term-12-laff.jpg","width":400,"height":225},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/short-term-12-laff-review\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SHORT TERM 12 (LAFF Review)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/","name":"Behind The Lens Online","description":"a division of elias entertainment network","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#organization","name":"Behind the Lens","url":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/behind-the-lens.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/behind-the-lens.jpg","width":600,"height":748,"caption":"Behind the Lens"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/2d9b602095eb0ce3d363efb75ad0b5d4","name":"debbie lynn elias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a60e3b15ca5d6738c95ea65bba59991c6f773c3bd70c951668c9dcbdc66b12f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a60e3b15ca5d6738c95ea65bba59991c6f773c3bd70c951668c9dcbdc66b12f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a60e3b15ca5d6738c95ea65bba59991c6f773c3bd70c951668c9dcbdc66b12f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"debbie lynn elias"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3583,"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions\/3583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}