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12 and Holding (2006)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:56
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: This shocking pre-teen drama manages, through realistic performances and a sense of empathy, to avoid exploitation and instead deliver something honest and haunting.
Theatrical Release:May 19, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Director Michael Cuesta follows up his debut film L.I.E. with another harrowing coming-of-age tale in TWELVE AND HOLDING. Cuesta casts young Conor Donovan as his lead, with the impressive actor... [More]
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10/18/08
Twelve and Holding is a tale of young friends who deal with death and family crises.
06/04/06
Follows the youngsters over the course of a tumultuous year, during which time Cuesta and screenwriter Anthony Cipriano succeed in making the audience care desperately whether they're okay and whether the adults in their lives do the right thing.
06/08/06
Cuesta ... has a weak grasp on the behavior of contemporary youth.
06/01/06
A few good laughs and superb acting keep the film bearable, even intriguing in places, but these are not fun stories being told.
05/26/06
A refracted glimpse of American suburbia through the eyes of three pre-teens grappling with grief, reprisal and loneliness, the film boasts some great adolescent performances but can't overcome a rigidly partitioned structure and tonal inconsistency.
09/22/06
On by a thread might be the rest of the title. You feel for the characters even when you just want to scream and ground them.
05/21/06
With his modestly impressive young actors and moody lens, Cuesta finds the normal in the extreme.
10/25/06
encapsulates everything one could hope for from a sophomore effort
05/18/06
The young actors are strong enough to triumph over the weaknesses of the script.
06/15/06
The stories coexist without intersecting, and the film would benefit from a stronger narrative spine, but bringing together three such gifted young actors in a single film is a minor miracle.
06/15/06
The kids are very effective. Some laughs seem right, others catch in your throat. There is honest feeling, not sneering.
07/07/06
The trio of youths at the heart of first-time screenwriter Anthony S. Cipriano's script do shocking, outrageous things, events seemingly arising not so much from genuine character motivations as from desire for the film to shock and be outrageous.
06/02/06
Top Critic... a film that never quite equals the sum of its many intriguing parts.
11/09/06
...generally succeeds in spite of its various deficiencies.
07/16/07
The movie sometimes grows precarious from the weight of too many crises and hairpin turns from comedy to drama. But both script and direction are ultimately up to the task, trumping occasional improbability with sharp observation.
10/06/05
Top CriticIn Cuesta's cynical formulation, the pretense of empathy is simply license to mock, gawk, and vulgarize.
05/17/06
Top Critic[An] intelligent and edgy story that allows believable characters and their interpersonal dynamics to come alive as sinister undercurrents ripple below.
03/01/07
Further solidifies Michael Cuesta's talents for telling realistic stories about adolescence.
05/18/06
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