Girl in Progress

Girl in Progress

2012 · 93 min · EN · PG-13 · 5.6 (123 votes)
Dir. Patricia Riggen · Starring Eva Mendes, Cierra Ramirez, Matthew Modine, Landon Liboiron, Patricia Arquette, Raini Rodriguez · Music Christopher Lennertz

“A tale of acting up, acting out, and acting your age.”

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As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.

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A poignant, sometimes funny, look at a young girl's awkward journey to self-discovery. It captures the messy realities of adolescence and the complicated bonds between mothers and daughters with a grounded, indie sensibility.

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