Synopsis
TWELVE THIRTY is drama about a family with adult children that is broken, and a self-centered young man who, in the span of a week, becomes entangled in each of their lives, wreaking havoc in the process.
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Cast
- Reed BirneyMartin
- Jonathan GroffJeff
- Mamie GummerMaura
- Portia ReinersMel
- Karen YoungVivien
- Halley FeifferIrina
- Rebecca SchullKatherine
- Barbara BarrieEve
- Kirby MitchellMr. Levinson
- Fred BermanChris
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
aAn ambitious ensemble piece in which every actor is able to shine and every character is a master of the well-turned phrase. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Here is an unsuccessful movie with some surprisingly successful scenes. It has moments when it is electrifying and passages where it slows to a walk. - 60
The New York Times
Above all, it loves its characters and the actors who play them. A fearless, talented filmmaking auteur working on a limited budget, Mr. Lipsky insists on doing it his way and letting the chips fall where they may. More power to him. - 58
IndieWire
A supremely dense coming-of-age drama steeped in weighty blather at the expense of emotional validity. - 50
Village Voice
A film more satisfying in occasional isolated moments than as a coherent dramatic entity. - 50
Chicago Reader
Jeff Lipsky invests this indie drama with admirable intelligence and insight, though these fine qualities are undermined by a sense of writerly artifice. - 50
Arizona Republic
There are scenes here and there that are worthy, but many that aren't. Lipsky tries to use dialogue to cover up weaknesses in other areas - such as why these people behave the way they do. Some of the movie is inviting, some of it off-putting. - 40
Time Out
Despite a few moments of surprising insight, Twelve Thirty comes off as more mechanistic than organic; it's composed rather than truly lived.