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Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio Derbez ... see more see more... , Raini Rodriguez , Russell Peters , Landon Liboiron , Brenna O'Brien , Ana Maria Estrada , Kendall Cross , Dana Michael Woods , Robin Douglas , Jocelyne Loewen , Blu Mankuma , Rady Panov , Bernadette Beck , Doreen Ramus , Elizabeth McLaughlin , Margot Brenner , Colin Foo , Lesley Ewan , Patti Allan , Sean Mathieson , June B. Wilde , Sean Campbell , Sean Michael Kyer , Michael P. Northey , Lossen Chambers , Tiere Skovkye , Richard Harmon , Kathryn Kirkpatrick , Madison Desjarlais , Mario Casoria , Espinoza Paz , Don Cheto

Grace (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 (Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. ... read more read more...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. -- (C) Pantelion

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PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Patricia Riggen

Release Date: May 11, 2012

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  • cenzano38
    May 20, 2012
    cenzano38
    Girl In Progress takes a good cast and places them in an unoriginal story with an unoriginal script. It makes sure to cover all the standard cliches for a movie like this. The cast is so strong that they almost make it work in spite of the bad story.

    Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramir... read moreez have good chemistry as the mother and daughter struggling to make sense of their lives. Each gave very good individual performances. Cierra Ramirez did a very good job for someone having so little screen time. Matthew Modine and Patricia Arquette come out of big screen obscurity to give two good supporting performances.

    There's no need to spend money on Girl In Progress, but that doesn't mean fans of coming of age stories shouldn't watch it on a movie channel or regular TV when it's aired.
  • ewu1997
    May 13, 2012
    ewu1997
    Saw Girl in Progress on opening night. This is a pretty good movie, BUT there are several forced scenes. Eva Mendes does a great job playing a single mom struggling to get by. They didn't make her the stereotypical stupid mom, but I didn't buy that she could do web design eith... read moreer. The little girl, played by Cierra Ramierz was an excellent actress. She did a great job even with the unbelievable. She is the daughter coming of age and inspired to created her own coming of age story in order to become a woman. Some of her tasks came across natural but several were forced especially given how smart her character was. I think the creators could have had the forced scenes happen with her plotting to have them happen. It would have been more natural and been a better mix of drama and comedy.

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William Goss
May 11, 2012
William Goss, Film.com

Progress acknowledges clichés but has little interest in actually subverting them, instead growing more predictable and sentimental as it goes along. Full Review

Stephen Whitty
May 11, 2012
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

It never gives us a character we truly care about, or a consistent reason for watching. Full Review

Claudia Puig
May 11, 2012
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Girl in Progress seems like a work in progress. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
May 11, 2012
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

The direction ... doesn't do justice to the fairly novel concept of a young woman consciously constructing her own coming-of-age scenario. Full Review

Rafer Guzman
May 11, 2012
Rafer Guzman, Newsday

A comedy-drama that veers between silly and serious but can't reconcile the opposing tones. Full Review

Sheri Linden
May 10, 2012
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times

Smart girls do stupid things, there's no doubt about it. But Ansiedad's bad behavior is supposed to be both faux and earnest, a premise that doesn't jell. Full Review

A.O. Scott
May 10, 2012
A.O. Scott, New York Times

Does it pull out all the melodramatic stops toward the end? Does it resolve its many climactic crises too neatly and too sweetly? Yes on both counts. But, then again, what did you expect? Full Review

Joe Neumaier
May 10, 2012
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

A well-done, conscientious and funny little film that recalls "Clueless," only with more heart. Full Review

Mary F. Pols
May 10, 2012
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine

The mystery of Eva Mendes' slow-simmering career continues. Full Review

Roger Moore
May 10, 2012
Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Let's just say jokey wisecracks about spouse abuse don't help 'Girl in Progress.' Full Review

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    • Ansiedad: My mother never finished high school. She was seventeen when I ruined the party.
    • Grace: She likes to embellish!
    • Ansiedad: She just learned that word on TV.
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