Directed by:
Patricia RiggenScreenplay:
Hiram MartinezCinematography:
Checco VareseComposer:
Christopher LennertzCast:
Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez, Raini Rodriguez, Patricia Arquette, Landon Liboiron, Brenna O'Brien, Russell Peters, Eugenio Derbez (more)VOD (3)
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Grace (Eva 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 (Cierra 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. (official distributor synopsis)
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From my point of view, this is a pretty annoying film for teenagers. The film has such a typically American script that it almost hurts. Surprisingly, however, in the end, the main character and her mother learn a lesson that is quite bearable, unlike the plot before it. (35%)
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The mother is a real monster, but in an American film, anything can happen. This means that anyone can change, no matter how much. It’s a dreadful film, and I didn’t believe its release date. I thought it was an older piece, even though it’s true that Eva Mendes isn’t that old. Is this supposed to be a comedy? Then why aren’t there any jokes? Is it meant to be a drama? Then why does it try to lighten the mood with silly characters? Eva Mendes plays the mother, a true tyrant who forces her daughter to do everything at home while she doesn’t lift a finger herself. She’s a plain caricature, yet she’s supposed to have character development. I don’t understand how we’re meant to wish something nice for such a character. How can we believe she can actually change? If the film hadn’t initially painted her as such a bitch, it might have been better, because the scenes where she ignores her daughter to maintain a relationship with a married man—a relationship that can never have a future—are much more interesting. Since she doesn’t have time for her daughter, the girl starts to rebel and wants to escape. She devises a genius plan to run away from home. This also relates to her gradually becoming a little bitch at school. Mean Girls was slightly plagiarized here, and certainly not done better. Tina Fey created a script for Mean Girls that didn’t lack humor. Girl in Progress simply isn’t funny, and everything has to be saved by the actress playing the changing daughter, who is simply good. Cierra Ramirez is a beautiful girl who can act. She’s the only one carrying the film to keep it from sinking completely. The film unnecessarily dwells on things that have no significance to the plot, making it feel bloated. However, the ending doesn’t disappoint, of course.
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