Girl in Progress (2012)

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.

Director:

Patricia Riggen

Writer:

Hiram Martinez (screenplay)

Stars:

Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez

6 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eva Mendes	...	Grace
Matthew Modine	...	Dr. Harford
Cierra Ramirez	...	Ansiedad
Patricia Arquette	...	Ms. Armstrong
Eugenio Derbez	...	Mission Impossible
Raini Rodriguez	...	Tavita
Russell Peters	...	Emile
Landon Liboiron	...	Trevor
Brenna O'Brien	...	Valerie
Ana Maria Estrada	...	Tavita's Mom
Kendall Cross	...	Alice Harford
Dana Woods	...	Gilliam (as Dana Michael Woods)
Robin Douglas	...	Olga
Jocelyne Loewen	...	Becky
Blu Mankuma	...	Principal

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

coming of age | maturation | single parent | teenage daughter | female protagonist | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content including crude references, and drinking - all involving teens

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

10 August 2012 (Bulgaria)

Also Known As:

Ansiedad

Filming Locations:

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,384,078 (USA) (11 May 2012)

Gross:

$2,594,878 (USA) (15 June 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anxiety Productions, Latitude Entertainment, Pantelion Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Ansiedad starts running after she goes to Dr. Harford's house, she passes the car twice.

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Quotes

Ansiedad: By the way, I'll need to borrow your sister's bike to establish my plucky innocence.

User Reviews

Great movie, nice twist on the classic coming of theme

I watched this movie last night and thought it was a great movie.

The movie starts off slow and a bit quirky. At times it even feels like it is trying to hard to be something its not. Then somewhere in the middle, it drops the quirky and the story develops. I became invested and began to care for the characters.

The acting was good. Both main actresses do a great job in their roles as mother and daughter. As an educator myself, I see these types of mothers and daughters almost every school year. It was nice seeing their story be told and also one from Latin roots.

I would recommend this movie because at the end of it all, you leave the movie with some thoughts and emotions tied to the characters.

Good film.