Synopsis
A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
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Cast
- Sarah BolgerLucy Diamond
- Thomas MannKenny Crauder
- James MarsdenChuck Diamond
- Claire DanesLainee Diamond
- Seth AdkinsScott Booker
- Jeremy SistoGuy Karlsburg
- Jon TenneyBob
- Anika Noni RoseFrances
- Rhys CoiroRon
- Will PeltzTim
Recommendations
- 40
Time Out
Director Max Mayer doesn’t find a way to make the ritual traumas of adolescence feel new again. - 40
New York Daily News
Simplistic plotting, pedestrian visuals and poorly-handled melodrama do lend the project a cheap, made-for-TV feel, which is underscored by the fact that Danes and Marsden don’t seem obliged to turn in their best work. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Familiar faces in supporting roles don't do much for the commercial prospects of this modest film, which feels like a made-for-TV version of the prototypical Sundance-aspiring quest for identity. - 30
The New York Times
Just when its parts should come together, As Cool as I Am crumbles to bits. - 25
Slant Magazine
The film is the cinematic equivalent of a teenager, making everything more melodramatic than it needs to be, and impatient with the subtle details of life. - 25
New York Post
Though darker elements loom in the shadows, nothing in this painfully sincere film is remotely affecting; just think of it as “My So-Called Strife.”
