Juvenile shelter.

Barton 2021-12-18 08:01:12

The film ended with a comedy. Jaden left her abusive father and Grace regained a peaceful and happy life. The black boy Marcus left the shelter and found a job and love. Everyone was happy. The whole film is flat but not lacking in waves, and the performance of the actors is also very natural and emotional. The film also won the National Critics Association Award for Top Ten Independent Films. After watching the film, I have a deeper understanding of the following points: 1. You must devote all your heart and enthusiasm to life, work, and love, so that they will return to you after the accumulation of qualitative changes; 2. Don’t be pretentious and always think from "I think", think more from the other side’s perspective, to be considerate and understand each other; for the children in the film who were abandoned by their parents and suffered from childhood misfortune, only understand them more from their perspective. Their behavior can finally be accepted by them; 3. Most rebellious children have an unfortunate family, and most rebellious children have talents that make them capable.

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  • Lindsay 2021-12-18 08:01:12

    Like many independent small films, maybe it has a lot of imperfections, but there are always a few moments that can move you. For example, celebrate Jia Deng's birthday and watch the B-ultrasound at the end. Life is always moving. I still remember the excitement when I heard my daughter's fetal heart for the first time, the tears couldn't stop in an instant. The ending life is also a kind of hope. Although there are many depressions in the process, it is still a healing story. . .

  • Jany 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    20140424jtl The problem teenagers who grew up, care about the problem teenagers who haven't grown up; each person has a painful childhood, at the beginning he will not die if he does not do it, the ending is a warm and sad, American-style happy life at the end, do not play cruel and warm American independent production . Basically what is shown is the warmth of the institution. The actual reality may be much crueler, but we must be optimistic. Some kids are born bad guys, some bad guys aren't. 3.5

Short Term 12 quotes

  • Mason: I don't know what to say...

    Marcus: It's cool, man. I just wanna shave my head. You think Grace will still do it for me?

  • Jayden: Don't you think that's a little too extreme?