In hindsight, perhaps I shouldn't have assigned a star rating to Short Term 12, a new indie drama I reviewed for this week's issue—my response to the film was so personal that I spend half of the review outlining my bias. Apart from the sense of vindication I get from the movie's loving depiction of direct-care providers, I appreciate Short Term 12 for its realism (indeed, it's one of the most accurate portraits of social work I've seen in a fiction film), strong performances, and unsentimental humor.…
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