Girl in Progress

May 11, 2012

1h 33m

★ 5.7

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Pantelion Films

Girl in Progress Trailers

Cast

Grace

Eva Mendes

Ansiedad

Cierra Ramirez

Dr. Harford

Matthew Modine

Trevor

Landon Liboiron

Ms. Armstrong

Patricia Arquette

Tavita

Raini Rodriguez

Emile

Russell Peters

Mission Impossible

Eugenio Derbez

Bad Boy

Richard Harmon

Valerie

Brenna O'Brien

Jezabel

Tiera Skovbye

Ferguson

Rady Panov

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