12 Hour Shift

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12 Hour Shift

2020

1h 28m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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It’s 1998 and over the course of one night at an Arkansas hospital, a junkie nurse, her scheming cousin and a group of black market organ-trading criminals get caught up in a heist gone wrong.

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Critics Consensus

Sharp, twisted, and darkly funny, 12 Hour Shift is an uncommonly clever heist caper with a refreshing female-focused twist.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Jan 19, 2021

3/5

It's a throwaway film that perhaps I shouldn't have enjoyed as much as I did, but Mandy is such a deliciously sour character.

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

Oct 21, 2020

Awash in bloody organs and scheming characters, writer-director Brea Grant's grisly dark comedy 12 Hour Shift ends up being more frenetic than inspired.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Oct 16, 2020

3/4

It's a spiritedly entertaining bit of unrelenting nastiness, all of it centered on a strong performance from the versatile Bettis that's outstanding.

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Leslie Hatton

Vague Visages

Feb 7, 2024

As the debate rages on about whether strong female characters in movies should evoke admiration through heroism or just be flawed, human and sometimes downright unlikeable, it's nice to see that Brea Grant created a film that's full of different women.

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Jessica Scott

Film Cred

Dec 27, 2022

Thrilling and hilarious, 12 Hour Shift is a marvel of gallows humor that takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through half a day in the life of a group of captivating, desperate people who make increasingly terrible decisions.

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Dallas King

Flick Feast

Nov 12, 2022

2/5

The irony that for a film with a running time of just 88 minutes, watching it feels like you are experiencing every minute of the full twelve hours.

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Haley M

@cinemacrazeley Jul 20, 2026

medical inaccuracies around every corner but with enough comedy to make up for it

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David S

@RT87431440 Jun 17, 2026

I guess I can understand how some critics may like the movie. What i can't understand is people who call it witty. It is not witty, or clever, or particularly funny. As the synopsis makes clear, it is a movie about a drug addicted nurse, her cousin, and an organ harvesting scheme gone wrong. That's it. There is no clever twist, there are no surprises. It's exactly that. It's the type of movie where if it doesn't "click" for you, you will have completely wasted your time.

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David R.

@Alan80 Nov 20, 2025

A fun little black comedy with ample bloody kills. The 87 mins moves along at a frantic pace and the film never takes itself seriously which adds to the enjoyable humorous dialogue and inventive deaths. 4 stars and well worth the time.

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revolver.0 8

@Revolver08 Nov 12, 2025

cynical, but overwhelmed in the end

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Korra N

@RT88131552 Jun 29, 2025

Weird, wacky & a hell of a lot of fun!

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Embrya A

@RT96929493 Dec 3, 2024

Mandy played her part too darn well! To the point to where I started to dislike her. Fun movie and hilarious acting script.

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Synopsis

It’s 1998 and over the course of one night at an Arkansas hospital, a junkie nurse, her scheming cousin and a group of black market organ-trading criminals get caught up in a heist gone wrong.

Director: Brea Grant
Producer: David Arquette, Matt Glass, Jordan Wayne Long, Christina McLarty, Tara Perry
Screenwriter: Brea Grant
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: HCT Media
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 2, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 2, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.7K
Runtime: 1h 28m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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