12 and Holding (2006)

I love this movie! It seems so real with the bullying, the four close friends, the random cursing, and the different family lives. The main reason I love Indie films is because it shows the viewpoint of real life in a society of 'normal' individuals and this movie depicts it 100% in an era when bullying is becoming prevalent. The way the director portrays the main characters is brilliant and the angles of the camera is so realistic. When you think about it, you know someone in your childhood who is one of the characters in this film. I would definitely watch another film directed by this director. I recommend this movie 100 times. Enjoy!

**spoiler alert** This film transforms three otherwise normal, middle-class, suburban middle-school children into a murderer, a strumpet and a kidnapper engaged in dangerous false imprisonment.Violent accidental deaths occur in the US and other countries daily. Are we really being asked to believe that they can cause criminal transformations in 12-year old family members and friends ? Unbelievable. For kids to engage in these types of crimes, there must be evidence of a twisted and seriously dysfunctional upbringing.I give the film four stars because of the superb ensemble acting. What I dislike is the forcible sharpening of round pegs to fit into square holes.

This film is without a doubt the worst train wreck I have ever seen. Specifically the story lines of the girl and the fat boy. The girl falls in love with a man who is much older than her and tries to have sex with him! She even gets naked in one scene! This is a very unrealistic depiction of a 12 year old child.The boy, who decides to lose weight be eating healthier, tries to get his mother to eat healthier as well. Yet for some reason he forgets his father, who is quite obviously on the large side as well. And when his attempts to improve his mother's eating habits fail what does he do? Well of course he locks her up in the basement, slipping her a few apples and carrots once in a while. Isn't that what you would do? (I certainly hope not!) If you value your sanity, never watch this movie. And if you happen to see a friend of yours has a copy, do them a favour by breaking it. They will thank you for it in the future.

Because of these two stupid mistakes, a movie with some interesting qualities was ruined. Due to the oversight of the production team this is a really stupid movie.An overweight woman with a broken hip would not be able to move. Any person with a broken hip is completely immobilized 90% of the time. The only way the character's ability to move might be explained by adrenaline and extreme motivation.Natural gas isn't toxic. A gas leak in itself cannot harm the health of a person in any way. What can be toxic is carbon monoxide from improper burning of natural gas, but the burner in the movie was not ignited. The only other health hazard from a gas leak is the risk of explosion, but in the movie there was no explosion. This is a very ignorant oversight, also was used in 'Panic Room' with propane gas which is also non-toxic.A corpse buried in less than a foot of dirt would be extremely obvious to any construction crew. When the boy buried his victim the grave was too shallow to prevent the oder of a rotting corpse to come up from the dirt, and animals would have been attracted to the site by the smell and easily would have dug into the grave exposing the corpse. The oder alone would have been obvious and permeated the area for many yards.I also found it hard to swallow when the psychiatrist mom didn't drop her patient after learning that her twelve year old daughter was found standing naked in the patient's kitchen.Because of these stupid errors this movie is a dog, which is a shame since it's due to production errors alone.