Twelve and Holding (12 and Holding)

Twelve and Holding (12 and Holding) (2005)

  • 73% of critics liked it
    (77 reviews)

  • 59% of users liked it
    (19,515 ratings)

A trio of troubled suburbanites attempts to come to grips with the personal issues that surface following the tragic death of one of their own in this introspective adolescent drama from L.I.E. screenwriter/director (Michael Cuesta). In the months following the death of Jacob's (Conor Donovan)… More

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Drama
In Theaters
Mar 1, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Oct 10, 2006
IFC Films

Critic Reviews

  • David Jenkins, Time Out

    ... a film that never quite equals the sum of its many intriguing parts.

  • Hap Erstein, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    The film careens from crisis to crisis. Yet each time it threatens to spin out of control, [director Michael] Cuesta demonstrates a firm hand that keeps us leaning in with interest.

  • Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

    Raw and unpredictable. It's also compelling.

  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

    Flawed but compassionate study of kids struggling with grown-up issues without much adult supervison.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    The stories coexist without intersecting, and the film would benefit from a stronger narrative spine, but bringing together three such gifted young actors in a single film is a minor miracle.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cynthia S


    Great Indie drama. Very heartfelt, feel good kind of movie.

  • Melvin W


    Rudy: Our birthday comes once a year and you ask for a hockey mask. You don't even play.  "Do You Know Who Your Kids Are?" Twelve and Holding reminds me a lot of another Indie movie named George Washington. Both are great films about children's loss of innocence… More

  • familiar s


    Quiet different and unique, at least compared to most of what I've seen in the past 5 years. If only the ending had been better than what it is, I might have given it 4.5 or even 5/5 as well. Having said that, I still find it highly commendable.

  • Lady D


    ?Stand by me for the next generation? is how this film has been described and I would say that that is a pretty accurate statement. Quite an insight into the minds of these children who are of an age that is rarely interpreted in film and it kind of invades their view on their own… More

  • Bannan i


    This movie really surprised me, I'm not sure whether it was the way the younger kids interacted with each other...or the language which they used so casually was what completely intrigued me. It seemed to be a darker version of what being a twelve-year-old in modern day society… More

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