''Twelve Thirty'' is a 2010 American drama film written and directed by
Jeff Lipsky and starring
Barbara Barrie
Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman; May 23, 1931) is an American actress and author.
Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film ''One Potato, Two Potato'', for which she won the Best Actress Awar ...
,
Reed Birney
Reed Birney (born September 11, 1954) is an American actor. Birney is known for his performances on stage and screen often acting on and off Broadway. Birney gained acclaim in 2016 for his role in '' The Humans'' winning the Tony Award for Best F ...
,
Halley Feiffer
Halley Feiffer (born November 20, 1984) is an American actress and playwright.
Early life and education
Feiffer was raised in a Jewish family, the daughter of famed satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer, and writer, actor, and comedian Jenny Alle ...
,
Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer . He began his career on Broadway, rising to prominence for his portrayal of Melchior Gabor in the original production of '' Spring Awakening'' (2006-2008), for which h ...
,
Mamie Gummer
Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer (born August 3, 1983) is an American actress. She starred in the title role of The CW series ''Emily Owens, M.D.'' (2012–2013), and played the recurring role of Nancy Crozier on '' The Good Wife'' (2010–2015) and its ...
,
Portia Reiners,
Rebecca Schull
Rebecca Anna Schull (née Wattenberg; born February 22, 1929) is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for her role as Fay Cochran in the NBC sitcom ''Wings'' (1990–1997).
Life and career
Schull was born in New York City, ...
and
Karen Young.
The film premiered at the 2010
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...
.
Premise
There are three women in the Langley household. Vivien (
Karen Young), the mother, is caught between a fierce independence and an almost
agoraphobic
Agoraphobia is a mental and behavioral disorder, specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives their environment to be unsafe with no easy way to escape. These situations can ...
attachment to home. Seductive and confident Mel (
Portia Reiners) is a 19 year-old mirror of her mother. Maura (
Mamie Gummer
Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer (born August 3, 1983) is an American actress. She starred in the title role of The CW series ''Emily Owens, M.D.'' (2012–2013), and played the recurring role of Nancy Crozier on '' The Good Wife'' (2010–2015) and its ...
), 22 year-old, is
alienated afraid and unable to
pinpoint her place in the world. They live together in a seemingly close household, yet each is very much alone. The family's
status quo explodes when Jeff (
Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer . He began his career on Broadway, rising to prominence for his portrayal of Melchior Gabor in the original production of '' Spring Awakening'' (2006-2008), for which h ...
) walks into their comfortable yet
dysfunctional
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world. Bright, handsome, ambitious and sure of his future at the age of 22, he's also
socially awkward
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and a
sexual
Sex is the biological distinction of an organism between male and female.
Sex or SEX may also refer to:
Biology and behaviour
*Animal sexual behaviour
**Copulation (zoology)
**Human sexual activity
**Non-penetrative sex, or sexual outercourse
** ...
novice
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Religion Buddhism
...
who's been infatuated with Mel since high school. When they begin working together at the same restaurant, he jumps at the opportunity to finally start a
romance
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Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
with the free-spirited girl. But Mel has other ideas about their time together.
Cast
*
Mamie Gummer
Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer (born August 3, 1983) is an American actress. She starred in the title role of The CW series ''Emily Owens, M.D.'' (2012–2013), and played the recurring role of Nancy Crozier on '' The Good Wife'' (2010–2015) and its ...
as Maura
*
Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Drew Groff (born March 26, 1985) is an American actor and singer . He began his career on Broadway, rising to prominence for his portrayal of Melchior Gabor in the original production of '' Spring Awakening'' (2006-2008), for which h ...
as Jeff
*
Portia Reiners as Mel
*
Karen Young as Vivien
*
Reed Birney
Reed Birney (born September 11, 1954) is an American actor. Birney is known for his performances on stage and screen often acting on and off Broadway. Birney gained acclaim in 2016 for his role in '' The Humans'' winning the Tony Award for Best F ...
as Martin
*
Barbara Barrie
Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman; May 23, 1931) is an American actress and author.
Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film ''One Potato, Two Potato'', for which she won the Best Actress Awar ...
as Eve
*
Halley Feiffer
Halley Feiffer (born November 20, 1984) is an American actress and playwright.
Early life and education
Feiffer was raised in a Jewish family, the daughter of famed satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer, and writer, actor, and comedian Jenny Alle ...
as Irina
*
Rebecca Schull
Rebecca Anna Schull (née Wattenberg; born February 22, 1929) is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for her role as Fay Cochran in the NBC sitcom ''Wings'' (1990–1997).
Life and career
Schull was born in New York City, ...
as Katherine
* Kirby Mitchell as Mr. Levinson
* Fred Berman as Chris
* Dan Gill as Irina's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Release
The film premiered at the 2010
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...
. It later showed at the
Angelika Film Center on January 14, 2011.
Reception
The film has a 17% rating on
Rotten Tomatoes
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based on 12 reviews. Eric Kohn of
IndieWire
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graded the film a C+.
Roger Ebert awarded the film two and a half stars and wrote, "It doesn't work but I doubt you'll regret seeing it."
Steven Rea
Steven Rea (also known as Steven X. Rea) is an American journalist, film critic, of ''
The Philadelphia Inquirer
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsy ...
'' awarded the film one and a half stars out of four and wrote, "Reiners and Gummer have respective moments where their talents shine, but there's not enough here to keep any but the most masochistic even moderately interested."
References
External links
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes, twelve_thirty
2010 films
2010 drama films
American drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films