The unembellished emotional honesty conveyed in the indie drama Short Term 12 is so expertly handled that it carries the viewer past any hesitations harbored regarding the film’s overly familiar ...

Now and then, a kid makes a run for it. In “Short Term 12,” Destin Daniel Cretton’s low-key, high-emotion indie about a foster-care facility for at-risk teens, there are periodic efforts to escape. A ...

Watch a clip from the film "Short Term 12." A 20-something supervising staff member (Brie Larson) of a foster care facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and ...