Twelve Thirty (film)

There are three women in the Langley household. Vivien (Karen Young), the mother, is caught between a fierce independence and an almost agoraphobic attachment to home. Seductive and confident Mel (Portia Reiners) is a 19 year-old mirror of her mother. Maura (Mamie Gummer), 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) walks into their comfortable yet dysfunctional world. Bright, handsome, ambitious and sure of his future at the age of 22, he's also socially awkward and a sexual novice 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 with the free-spirited girl. But Mel has other ideas about their time together.

• Mamie Gummer as Maura
• Jonathan Groff as Jeff
• Portia Reiners as Mel
• Karen Young as Vivien
• Reed Birney as Martin
• Barbara Barrie as Eve
• Halley Feiffer as Irina
• Rebecca Schull as Katherine
• Kirby Mitchell as Mr. Levinson
• Fred Berman as Chris
• Dan Gill as Irina's Boyfriend (uncredited)

The film premiered at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/twelve-thirty-film-review-29920/|title=Twelve Thirty — Film Review|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Jon|last=Frosch|date=October 14, 2010|access-date=September 6, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/two-us-films-enter-montreal-26495/|title=Two U.S. films enter Montreal fest competition|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|date=August 10, 2010|access-date=September 6, 2021}} It later showed at the Angelika Film Center on January 14, 2011.{{cite magazine|author=Andrew Gans|title="Twelve Thirty," a New Film Starring Jonathan Groff, Opens in New York Jan. 14|date=January 14, 2011|magazine=Playbill|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/twelve-thirty-a-new-film-starring-jonathan-groff-opens-in-new-york-jan-14-com-175177|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}

The film has a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews.{{cite web|title=Twelve Thirty|website=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/twelve_thirty|accessdate=August 27, 2021}} Eric Kohn of IndieWire graded the film a C+.{{cite web|author=Eric Kohn|title=REVIEW; Familial Disconnect: Jeff Lipsky’s "Twelve Thirty"|date=January 11, 2011|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/01/review-familial-disconnect-jeff-lipskys-twelve-thirty-243929/|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}

Roger Ebert awarded the film two and a half stars and wrote, "It doesn't work but I doubt you'll regret seeing it."{{cite web|author=Roger Ebert|title=Getting to know the whole family|date=May 11, 2011|website=RogerEbert.com|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/twelve-thirty-2011|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}

Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer 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."{{cite news|author=Steven Rea|title=Flat, minor-key take on family dysfunction|date=May 6, 2011|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20110506_Flat__minor-key_take_on_family_dysfunction.html|accessdate=August 29, 2021}}

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