Girl In Progress
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Distributor: Lionsgate / Pantelion Films
Director: Patricia Riggen
Cast: Eva Mendes, Cierra Ramirez, Matthew Modine, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio Derbez, Espinoza Paz, Russell Peters, Rico Rodriguez, Raini Rodriguez
MPAA Rating: PG13 (for mature thematic elements, sexual content including crude references, and drinking – all involving teens)
Running time: 90 Minutes
Grace (Mendes) is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford (Matthew Modine), to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad’s English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Raini Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to “adulthood”. But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.
