Twelve 2010

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Sinks under the weight of its own pretensions. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: This is half-baked Larry Clark treated as if it were Picasso's Guernica, which makes the few bright lights stand out all the more. Read more

Ted Fry, Seattle Times: Plays like a melodramatic rip-off of Bret Easton Ellis books about insufferable kids obsessed with money, drugs and themselves. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: The result isn't awful, but it is awfully familiar. When will someone make a film about being old, poor and ugly in Omaha? Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Unlike the novel, the movie never really gets inside these kids, who aren't in the least all right. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Schumacher can't keep himself from the kind of vibey camera and editing flourishes that facilitate only viewer numbness... Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It all comes off as faintly absurd. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: It feels as shopworn as a dusty VHS tape of Less Than Zero. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Joel Schumacher's 'Twelve,' from a much better 2002 novel by Nick McDonell, is a drag-ass slog. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: This movie's like an audiobook, accompanied by visuals from a 7-year-old copy of Vogue. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: Twelve can't decide if it's a cautionary tale or a lifestyle catalog. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Though Crawford's bangs and facial hair are the most art-directed aspect of the movie, he's costumed to look like a member of the Trenchcoat Mafia (Madison Avenue branch). Read more