12 and Holding

12 and Holding

2006 · 90 min · EN · 6.8 (99 votes)
Dir. Michael Cuesta · Starring Zoe Weizenbaum, Conor Donovan, Jesse Camacho, Jeremy Renner, Annabella Sciorra, Jayne Atkinson · Music Pierre Földes

“Do You Know Who Your Kids Are?”

Drama

Three close knit 12-year-olds - introverted Jacob, precocious Malee and vulnerable Leonard - start down the path of self-discovery and begin to distinguish their own voices from those of their parents.

VIBE

This film feels like a hazy, sun-drenched memory of a difficult childhood summer. It's a quiet, introspective look at kids grappling with heavy themes, evoking a sense of profound, almost unbearable, loneliness and the fragile beauty of lost innocence.

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