Short Term 12
Support them. Take care of them. But don't become their friend.
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens.But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
- Director
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Worldwide
- $2M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
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Box Office & Release
Short Term 12 returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Aug 23, 2013
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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