Twelve is a 2010 teen crime drama film directed by Joel Schumacher from a screenplay by Jordan Melamed, based on Nick McDonell's 2002 novel of the same name.

The film follows a young drug dealer whose luxurious lifestyle falls apart after his cousin is murdered and his best friend is arrested for the crime.

It stars Chace Crawford, Rory Culkin, Curtis Jackson, Emily Meade, and Emma Roberts.

[3] On the Upper East Side, White Mike, once a wealthy, carefree teenager, now struggles to scrape out a living as a marijuana dealer; he deals to his former classmates.

His mother died a year earlier, her treatment consuming his family's wealth and leaving Mike emotionally scarred.

During the party, Chris' older brother, Claude, a sociopath and weapon collector, returns home after breaking out of rehab.

Sara manipulates Chris into throwing a huge birthday party for her just before the end of spring break.

Out of drugs and money, Jessica asks Lionel to stop by Sara's party so she can buy more Twelve.

[8] In his review in The New York Times, Stephen Holden writes: Early in Twelve, the narrator sums up the film's nihilistic milieu in a world-weary observation borrowed from the novel: "It's all about want.

I would add, nobody needs to see Twelve, as "controversial" or "shocking" (to drop another adjective that has lost its mojo) as it strains to be.