Trailer for the Brie Larson Film SHORT TERM 12
Usually when I post a trailer for an indie drama like this film Short Term 12, there are a few people that ask why we're posting it because it's "not geeky". I'm a movie geek, and I do like watching other kinds of films other than superhero, comic book, and sci-fi. As much as I love those genres, there are great stories out in the world that need to be told through film, and this film seems like one of them.
The movie was written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, and the story is "told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson), a twenty-something supervisor at a facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge – and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason (John Gallagher Jr.). But Grace's own difficult past – and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself – throw her into unforeseen confusion, made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility: a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex, this lovingly realized film finds truth – and humor – in unexpected places."
One of the reasons why I think I connected to this subject matter so much is because there's a story similar to it that I hope to tell one day. The movie also stars Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek and Keith Stanfield.