Twelve 2010

Twelve

Critics Consensus

As pretentious as it is hopelessly clichéd, this Twelve is closer to zero.

3%

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32%

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Twelve Photos

A scene from the film "Twelve."

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Lionel in "Twelve."

Rory Culkin as Chris in "Twelve."

Zoë Kravitz as Gabby in "Twelve."

Chace Crawford as White Mike in "Twelve."

Emily Meade as Jessica in "Twelve."

(L-R) Ambyr Childers as Layla, Chanel Farrell as Shelly, Zoë Kravitz as Gabby and Esti Ginzburg as Sara in "Twelve."

Esti Ginzburg as Sara in "Twelve."

Chanel Farrell as Shelly in "Twelve."

Emma Roberts as Molly in "Twelve."

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Movie Info

A high-school dropout (Chace Crawford) sells drugs to his wealthy former classmates.

Rating:

R (Strong Drug Content|All Involving Teens|Alcohol Abuse|Some Violence|Brief Nudity|Language|Sexual Material)
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Joel Schumacher
Producer:

Charlie Corwin, Sidonie Dumas, Ted Field, Jordan Melamed, Robert Salerno
Writer:

Jordan Melamed
Release Date (Theaters):

Aug 6, 2010 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$181.6K
Runtime:

1h 34m
Production Co:

Gaumont

Cast & Crew

Chace Crawford
White Mike

50 Cent
Lionel

Emma Roberts
Molly

Rory Culkin
Chris

Billy Magnussen
Claude

Emily Meade
Jessica

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Critic Reviews for Twelve

All Critics (30) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (29)

Sinks under the weight of its own pretensions.

August 6, 2010 | Rating: 2.5/5

Stephen Holden
New York Times
Top Critic
The result isn't awful, but it is awfully familiar. When will someone make a film about being old, poor and ugly in Omaha?

August 6, 2010 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Tom Long
Detroit News
Top Critic
It all comes off as faintly absurd.

August 6, 2010 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
Top Critic
It feels as shopworn as a dusty VHS tape of Less Than Zero.

August 6, 2010 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Kyle Smith
New York Post
Top Critic
Schumacher can't keep himself from the kind of vibey camera and editing flourishes that facilitate only viewer numbness...

August 6, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic
Plays like a melodramatic rip-off of Bret Easton Ellis books about insufferable kids obsessed with money, drugs and themselves.

August 6, 2010 | Full Review…

Ted Fry
Seattle Times
Top Critic
irritating

January 5, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
Overburdened with too many characters and a manufactured conclusion, "Twelve" wastes a solid performance by Chace Crawford.

January 5, 2013 | Rating: 1.0/5 | Full Review…

John Hanlon
Big Hollywood
There are absolutely no surprises in "Twelve." None. And the characters are as familiar as the story--a stock collection of "prep school" males and females that look as if they've never sat through a class in their lives.

January 8, 2011 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…

James Plath
Movie Metropolis
Give Schumacher credit for making a movie that is, at the very least, unique in its failure.

December 21, 2010 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Matt Singer
IFC.com
The film version of Twelve is quite the opposite of the book, a dull and thoughtless ride with a sad excuse for a climax.

August 13, 2010 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Perri Nemiroff
CinemaBlend
Joel Schumacher's talent exceeds his ambition in Twelve.

August 11, 2010 | Full Review…

Armond White
New York Press

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Audience Reviews for Twelve

Sep 04, 2011

Such a dull and boring movie. I stopped at the 10 minute mark. That narrator was killing me. His monotone voice giving me useless background information that I didn't need to know and didn't give a fuck about. Omggggg I didn't even watch it for that long, but it drove me insane. I HATE narrators in a movie; it ruins the entire thing. It was like a fucking audio book. Nothing was even happening in the movie, sure I only watched it for a few minutes, but come on. A movie shouldn't be THAT uninteresting in the first 10 minutes. What a piece of shit film.

Japes . Super Reviewer
Jul 24, 2011

The film was so so. It kind of felt like the movies Less Than Zero or Traffic, but those films were much better than this one. Kiefer Sutherland's narration was not necessary. If they were to have a narration, it should have been by Chace Crawford. Actingwise, Crawford, Emma Roberts, and Rory Culkin are very good in the film.

Sol C Super Reviewer
Jul 09, 2011

It's like Brett Easton Ellis had a baby and threw it in a dumpster.

Drew S Super Reviewer
Apr 13, 2011

Great voice-over narration. That part was well written. And that's really about the only thing positive I can say about this flick. Chace Crawford did exhibit some star power, however, but, beyond that, the story was uninteresting and pointless.

Dan B Super Reviewer

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Twelve Quotes

Narrator:

So you're born in the capital of the world and you can never escape. And that's how it is because that's how everyone wants it to be. It is all about want. No one needs anything here. It is about when you wake up in the morning and the snow is already coming down and it's bright between the buildings where the sun falls but already dark where the shadows are. And it's all about the want. What do you want? Because if you don't want something you've got nothing. You are adrift. You're washed away and then buried under the snow in shadow. And when in the spring the snow melts, no one will remember where you were frozen and buried. And you will no longer be anywhere.

Narrator:

You will not be remembered if you die now. You'll be buried and mourned by a few and what more can you ask for? The world will spiral from underneath you and you are either too smart or too dumb to find God. Maybe you are angry. Only because the way out is through love. And you are just horny and lonely.

Sara:

I have lots of boyfriends. I mean, I'm not a slut. But, different guys are interesting for different reasons. You're interesting for a very specific reason.

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