Girl in Progress (2012) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	May 11, 2012 (Limited)
On DVD:	September 11, 2012
Genre:	Drama, Comedy
Director:	Patricia Riggen
Writer:	Hiram Martinez
Cast:	Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez, Patricia Arquette, Raini Rodriguez, Eugenio Derbez
Studio:	Pantelion Films
Running Time:	90 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content including crude references, and drinking - all involving teens

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...

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Review by Nathan Samdahl (C+)

Girl in Progress is a film that has a lot of positive elements, but that never hits its stride. It's a film I wanted to like more than I did.

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