As Cool as I Am (2013)

A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.

Director:

Max Mayer

Writers:

Pete Fromm (novel), Virginia Korus Spragg (screenplay)

Stars:

Sarah Bolger, Thomas Mann, James Marsden

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Bolger	...	Lucy Diamond
Thomas Mann	...	Kenny Crauder
James Marsden	...	Chuck Diamond
Claire Danes	...	Lainee Diamond
Seth Adkins	...	Scott Booker
Tom Romero	...	Manager
Anika Noni Rose	...	Frances
Jeremy Sisto	...	Guy Karlsburg
Mario Batali	...	Self
Beth Bailey	...	Mario's Female Guest
Josh Berry	...	Mario's Male Guest
Evan Adrian	...	Justin Havens
Will Peltz	...	Tim
Terry Walters	...	Libby
Rachel Hroncich	...	Nurse Amber Cremeens

Storyline

Sixteen-year-old Lucy is a tomboy. She gets on well with her father but is frequently separated from him for months on end when he goes to work in Canada. Her relationship with her mother is easy-going and she takes care of most things around the house. She tunes into her sexuality and her not so 'stable' family dynamics. She develops a relationship with her best friend Kenny and starts to realize that her parents' marriage is not as solid as she had previously imagined. She notices that her father's extended stays away from the family are not typical, and that her mother does not pine for her father as much as she herself does.

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Plot Keywords:

watching tv | small town | teenager | teenage girl | cheating wife | 

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Taglines:

How do you grow up when your parents haven't?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content including an assault, and some teen drinking

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lucy Diamond was based on the song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"

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Goofs

At the beginning of the movie, when Lucy and Lainee eats at the diner, Lainee puts the ketchup bottle back on the table twice.

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Quotes

Kenny Crauder: I love you, Lucy. I do.
Lucy Diamond: Kenny, you're not in love. You're drunk.

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Soundtracks

How Do You?
Written by Matthew Angus McLeod, Matthew Gordon Kliewer, Jeffrey Lewis Avramenko and Alan Douglas Reain
Performed by Fast Romantics
by arrangement with Secret Road Music Services, Inc.

User Reviews

decent adaptation, but strays along way from the source.

This is at tops a TV movie designed for a Sunday afternoon when you have nothing better to do. It does stray along way from Pete Fromm's book which is considerably more intense and describes the falling apart of a family in greater detail than the film. The performances were OK, James Marsden and Claire Danes gave below par performances compared to their other work. Sarah Bolger carried the role of Lucy off nicely but for obvious reason didn't commit to the character 100%. For those interested it might be worth doing a search for a Matthew J. Clark short called 'Dry Rain' based on a short story by Pete Fromm.

If you do enjoy the film it is very much worth reading the book which goes into many of the implied topics in the film in greater detail.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aproape adulti

Filming Locations:

Belen, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$3,234

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,234

Company Credits

Production Co:

Identity Films, Wind Dancer Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1