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Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

domdalmasso Wow, I'm actually surprised. I did not expect this movie to be so good since it isn't very known, hard to find, and seems to be of a low budget. I think I'm going to do some research and buy the DVD. Like all the other reviews say, the characters are very realistic. The acting is awesome. I definitely recommend this one.

U.N. Owen It's so nice to see a film, where the main characters are kids, but are NOT those horrible 'Hollywood' version, of cherubic, 'perfect,' innocent little plastic nightmares.TWELVE AND HOLDING tells the story of what happens to the survivors (and friends of) a child's accidental murder - by other kids, doing a foolish prank.They all go through this process differently. Amongst them, the mother of the slain boy wants 'justice' i.e.: revenge,in the for of suffering, for the two boys who took her sons life. For the boy's surviving twin, he comes to grips with this event slowly - 1st, going to the juvenile dentition, where the two guilty boys are being housed. He gloats. He dances, making fun of what THEY'RE going through now.There are others whose lives are followed, and, it gives what, in Hollywood, would've been a treacly, saccharine tale, with obvious 'morals,' a much more humane tableau, in which to explore these issues.I was taught there are two ways to face something serious: to laugh, or, to cry. but, TWELVE AND HOLDING shows there's a third way. To laugh AND cry.I highly recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a well-done film, with a terrific cast (to be honest, I work in this (film) business, and, in Hollywood, it's VERY rare for a child to actually be able to 'ACT.' they're usually just used to be 'cute,' and, I can't stand that. The young cast members are not that type. They can hold a scene. They can make you believe).

fruizd1 I found this movie really interesting, it shows the life of three 12 year old kids with great sincerity, the three kids are great and Jeremy Renner performance is outstanding. I would say this movie could become a classic in the future. Hope to see more kids movies like this, although you don't find a great story and great acting usually together in this kind of movies. I highly recommend it. I would like to say something about the end: when the kid kills his brother's "killer", it was a big shock, I think the kid improvised everything, he wasn't planning it for a long time. I found this a really original part of the script.

tonymurphylee Michael Cuesta's TWELVE AND HOLDING is one of the most honest and most bittersweet films about growing up that I can think of. It details the lives and the minds of children with startling honesty and sweet simplicity. It is one of the few films I can say I've seen that treats it's subject matter in a very mature and brave way. It is sweet, sad, disturbing, funny, and all too real.The film details the affected lives of three children having difficulty recovering from the death of a close friend of theirs. Jacob(Conor Donovan) is the twin brother of Rudy, the boy who was killed. Jacob must deal with the guilt as well as the grief of his parents and of the accidental murderers. Leonard and Malee are close friends of Jacob. Malee falls in love with an ex-firefighter, Gus(Jeremy Renner), she meets at Rudy's funeral and subsequently tries to seduce him. Leonard suffers an injury as a result of the accident that killed Rudy and now has no ability to taste his food and uses it to his advantage to lose weight, despite the attitude of his parents.While the film occasionally drifts a tiny bit into cliché territory, this is a hard hitting and truly shattering experience. This is only Michael Cuesta's second film(his first being one of my personal favorites, L.I.E.) and yet he continues to surprise me with the overwhelming sense of clarity to be found in his films. TWELVE AND HOLDING is a startling reminder of the creativity and imagination to be found in the minds of today's independent filmmakers. The characters in this film are all so beautiful and so terrifying at the same time, particularly the characters of Gus and of Jacob. Very few of the characters are two-dimensional and they all are flawed in ways that make sense and that don't necessarily make them bad people. However, bad things come out of the mistakes of the characters. The ways in which the events are depicted are simply unforgettable. I've said too much already. Just see this film.