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TWELVE (2010)Movie Reviews
Dramatic thriller about a young drug dealer supplying wealthy kids on New York's Upper East Side, whose life comes unglued when his best friend is fingered for his cousin's murder. Cast:Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, 50 Cent, Ellen Barkin, Kiefer Sutherland, Rory CulkinDirector:Joel SchumacherRelease Date:August 6, 2010DVD Release:December 28, 2010From:Hannover HouseRating:RLength:1 hr. 33 min.
Twelve (2010) played in national release to poor reviews. • Donald Munro wrote in the Dallas Morning News, "...wants to be a gritty indie film, but it winds up more preachy and pretentious than heartfelt and raw." • And Tom Long wrote in the Detroit News, "Oh, the pain of being young, rich and good-looking in New York City.... awfully familiar. When will someone make a film about being old, poor and ugly in Omaha?" More Reviews Below...
Bradley Jacobs, Us Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "While a few performances excel -- Emma Roberts offers a subtle turn as the film's good girl -- the melodramatic potboiler mostly disappoints."(See all of Bradley Jacobs's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 73 words, 08/05/10
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: FAIR(cg) "...ogles the lost boys and girls as they make their mistakes. But unlike the novel, the movie never really gets inside these kids, who aren't in the least all right."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 268 words, 08/06/10
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR(cg) "...from a much better 2002 novel by Nick McDonell, a drag-ass slog with 'Gosip Girl's' Chace Crawford as a sober weed dealer... slick, hollow hooey."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 78 words, 08/06/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "...wallows in the sophisticated travails of the kind of rich, potty-mouthed lost youth familiar from Bret Easton Ellis's 'Less Than Zero'... nobody needs to see 'Twelve'..."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 761 words, 08/06/10
Kyle Smith, New York Post: WEAK(cg) "...promises insights or at least insidery gossip. Instead, it feels as shopworn as a dusty VHS tape of 'Less Than Zero'.... Bad trip."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 449 words, 08/06/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK(cg) "If the actual dialogue weren't so insufferable, this non-stop narration would carry the blame for snuffing out whatever life is in the film."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 583 words, 08/07/10
Ted Fry, Seattle Times: POOR(cg) "...plays like a melodramatic rip-off of Bret Easton Ellis books about insufferable kids obsessed with money, drugs and themselves."(See all of Ted Fry's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 308 words, 08/06/10
Tom Long, Detroit News: MODERATE(cg) "Oh, the pain of being young, rich and good-looking in New York City.... awfully familiar. When will someone make a film about being old, poor and ugly in Omaha?"(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 318 words, 08/06/10
Kevin Kelly, Cinematical: POOR "...garish set pieces, theatrical scenes that look like they take place on stage, tedious and pointless character development, and subplots that go nowhere."(See all of Kevin Kelly's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 676 words, 08/06/10
Andrew Schenker, Slant: POOR(cg) "The characters (and the direction and the writing) finally aren't interesting enough to warrant our attention. Sometimes to be superficial is just to be boring."(See all of Andrew Schenker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 943 words, 08/03/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "...wallows in the sophisticated travails of the kind of rich, potty-mouthed lost youth familiar from Bret Easton Ellis's 'Less Than Zero'... nobody needs to see 'Twelve'..."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 761 words, 08/06/10
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: WEAK "Schumacher is never content just to show, or to tell, or even to show and tell. He's got to show you, tell you and then tell you what he just showed you."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,555 words, 08/05/10
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...sleek, giddy fun. The girls and the guys are hot, and every get-together takes place inside posh homes on Manhattan's Upper East Side.... Schumacher's cast is uniformly solid..."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 925 words, 01/31/10
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: FAIR(cg) "When do you give up on a movie director? How many failures does it take? Joel Schumacher has not made a decent movie in a decade or so..."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 401 words, 08/06/10
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "...wallows in the sophisticated travails of the kind of rich, potty-mouthed lost youth familiar from Bret Easton Ellis's 'Less Than Zero'... nobody needs to see 'Twelve'..."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 761 words, 08/06/10
19.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Twelve (2010)'s reviews are separated by an average 19.8 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Twelve (2010) (19 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Twelve (2010)'s reviews cover 31.5% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 9,508 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 500 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 6 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Twelve (2010)'s reviews on average broke 6 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Twelve (2010)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Twelve (2010) (19 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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