Twelve and Holding (2005)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Michael Cuesta

Writer (WGA):

Anthony Cipriano (written by)

Release Date:

7 July 2006 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Do You Know Who Your Kids Are?

Plot:

After his twin brother is accidentally killed by vengeful bullies, a disfigured 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, hormones, and family dysfunction. |

Plot Keywords:

Death | Boy | Twin | Friend | Picnic

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Conor Donovan	...	Jacob / Rudy Carges
Jesse Camacho	...	Leonard Fisher
Zoe Weizenbaum	...	Malee Chuang
Jeremy Renner	...	Gus Maitland
Annabella Sciorra	...	Carla Chuang
Jayne Atkinson	...	Ashley Carges
Linus Roache	...	Jim Carges
Marcia DeBonis	...	Grace Fisher
Tom McGowan	...	Patrick Fisher
Michael C. Fuchs	...	Kenny (as Michael Fuchs)
Martin Campetta	...	Jeff
Joseph Foster	...	Keith Gardner (as Joseph 'C.J.' Foster)
Max Miner	...	Tommy
Noelle 'Parker' Present	...	Haley Fisher
Jessica Sorto	...	Sara Fisher

Also Known As:

12 and Holding (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and sexual content involving minors, and for language.

Runtime:

Chile:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Sweden:11 | Ireland:15A | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 | Australia:MA | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Haledon, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Echo Lake Productions (I)

Goofs:

Continuity: Jacob's birthmark changes in location, size, and color throughout the movie.

Quotes:

Rudy: Our birthday comes once a year and you ask for a hockey mask. You don't even play.
Jacob: Jason from Friday the 13th wears one. He's bad-ass.

Movie Connections:

References Dai-Rantô Smash Brothers Deluxe (2001) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Hark, The Herald Angels Sing

If you cant relate - then life has been good to you...

Fantastic movie with a multitude of messages. Would make for an excellent movie to show and discuss in schools - I dare you :-) Acting is incredible and pretty much all comes trough the screen as real persons and not some abstractions from a writers imagination.

What hopefully will get through to the viewers is how perceptive children are in reading the adults world both literally and the subtle emotions that adults/parents try to keep them from getting. Since most children doesn't have the experience and information needed to filter all this, it can have some really disturbing consequences when children acts in response as is clearly shown here. Luckily it isn't all children who grow up with these kind of experiences - at least not as extreme, but I'm afraid that a lot of parents would be very scared to know that an awful lot actually can relate to this movie...