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  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • SenArt Films
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • SenArt Films
  • 2 h 6 m
Twelve Thirty

Summary There are three women in the Langley household: Vivien, the mother, is caught between a fierce independence and an almost agoraphobic attachment to home; seductive and confident Mel is a 19 year-old mirror of her mother; Maura, 22, is alienated, afraid and unable to pinpoint her place in the world. They live together in a seemingly close...

Directed By: Jeff Lipsky

Written By: Jeff Lipsky

  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • SenArt Films
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • SenArt Films
  • 2 h 6 m

Twelve Thirty

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary There are three women in the Langley household: Vivien, the mother, is caught between a fierce independence and an almost agoraphobic attachment to home; seductive and confident Mel is a 19 year-old mirror of her mother; Maura, 22, is alienated, afraid and unable to pinpoint her place in the world. They live together in a seemingly close...

Directed By: Jeff Lipsky

Written By: Jeff Lipsky

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
50
22% Positive
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
50
22% Positive
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
11% Negative
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70
Feb 3, 2011
aAn ambitious ensemble piece in which every actor is able to shine and every character is a master of the well-turned phrase.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
63
May 11, 2011
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.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
58
Jan 11, 2011
A supremely dense coming-of-age drama steeped in weighty blather at the expense of emotional validity.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 11, 2011
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.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
50
May 12, 2011
Jeff Lipsky invests this indie drama with admirable intelligence and insight, though these fine qualities are undermined by a sense of writerly artifice.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 11, 2011
Despite a few moments of surprising insight, Twelve Thirty comes off as more mechanistic than organic; it's composed rather than truly lived.
By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 14, 2011
A wildly misanthropic and overlong black comedy.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Twelve Thirty Productions
Release Date Jan 14, 2011
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.twelvethirtymovie.com/
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Awards

Montréal World Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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