I remember as a 12 year old boy how lonely I was, even amongst friends, with my parents, i felt so out of touch with those around me. Although this movie didn't go there, I had my dog. The boys and girls int his film had themselves, some were a little off kilter, some were pure fantasy. To lose one's brother, let alone, a twin, I can't imagine the hurt. I'd probably had done the same thing the boy did in here. To feel like he did when his parents took the action they did is certainly understandable. A 12 year old girl feeling like Malee did, with a mother as a therapist, something is just not right there. Mom was so busy treating everybody else, she forgot her own little girl. The writer could not have written a more realistic story with more real characters than what was done here. It seems almost as if he or she went through a similar trauma as a child. How out of touch parents really are with their own kids under their own roofs, yet they are so quick to pass judgment on others for being the same way. Perhaps this movie was about loneliness, loss, grief, or maybe lack of understanding on the part of adults towards children. I think it can mean something different to everybody, depending on ones life's experiences. Regardless, it was an enjoyable film about the loss of youth, the loss of innocence and how each child copes with a trauma in his or her own way.
Review of 12 and Holding
