Gimme Shelter is a 2013 American independent Christian drama film written and directed by Ronald Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens, James Earl Jones, Rosario Dawson, Stéphanie Szostak, Emily Meade, Ann Dowd, and Brendan Fraser.

She decides to run away and go in search of her absent father Tom Fitzpatrick (Brendan Fraser) who she discovers is now a wealthy Wall Street broker with a family.

Her mother shows up at the hospital with a social worker and has a moment of genuine emotion with Apple, but overall is mainly trying to convince her to come back for the benefits she and the baby will receive.

The website's consensus reads: "In spite of its obvious good intentions — and the compelling true story that inspired it — the heavy-handed Gimme Shelter can't overcome its cliche-riddled script.

The script is often obvious, with all feelings laid out too cleanly, but both actresses still manage to create a jagged relationship based on their characters' codependence and shared traumas.

One of the film's strengths is its portrayal of the 'system' and what it does to abused children, and the layers of bureaucracy that make it hard to bring about meaningful change in people's lives.

"[11] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post praised Hudgens for showing "great conviction" in her role's physical transformation to capture the "character's vulnerability" and Dowd for giving an "unvarnished performance" as Kathy DiFiore, but felt that Krauss' scripting "attempts at wringing drama out of real life are more strenuous than is strictly necessary", concluding that: "It's not the only time "Gimme Shelter" doesn't trust the power of its own story — and the truth of its acting — to deliver the point.

"[12] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times criticized Krauss for writing a predictable plot with "hackneyed moments" and "many missed opportunities to bring some real meaning" to the movie, but gave praise to Hudgens for making a "surprisingly affecting turn" in her role, saying, "[T]here are moments of vulnerability and indecision in her performance that begin to illuminate the serious issues facing kids in such straits.

"[13] Rolling Stone's Peter Travers commended Hudgens' performance for being "a decent try at authenticity", but criticized Krauss for crafting the film around her by using cornball clichés with "a broad Hollywood brush", concluding that "Gimme Shelter appears hijacked by the Christian right.