Review of Short Term 12

Initial Thought: I was so taken by the feature length film that I had to go back and watch the original.

Characters/Acting: Keith Stanfield is the only actor who is in both. This does have a few other familiar faces like Brad William Henke and Adam Shapiro. The gender roles seem to be reversed for the two main supervisors. Sammy isn't the Sammy from the feature length. In fact his character here is more similar to Luis.

Story: A look at the foster home care system. The set up here is a bit different than the newer version. People are introduced differently as well. A few scenes are mirrored almost the exact same way except shot differently of course. The ending kind of leaves you guessing.

Directing/Writing: After seeing Destin Cretton's feature length version of this I was immediately curious how it all started.

Final Thought: Well that was different. It was quite gloomy and not really anything lightens up the mood. I would have liked more closure about a few things. I guess that's why Cretton remade it as a feature length to flesh it out more. It was still good. It just wasn't what I was expecting.