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Grace a single mom who is too busy juggling work, bills and relationships, to give her daughter, Ansiedad the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad’s English teacher, Ms. Armstrong, introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content including crude references, and drinking - all involving teens
Principal Cast: Eva Mendes, Patricia Arquette and Matthew Modine
Director: Patricia Riggen
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- My Mother Presentation Girl In Progress
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Ansiedad gives a presentation at school explaining how her mother’s exploits have influenced her to be nothing like her mother.
Themes: Heroes, Role Models, Motherhood, Parenting, Brokenness, Shame, Neglect, Influence, Mocking
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1:54
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- Coming Of Age Girl In Progress
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Ansiedad plots to make her life a classic coming-of-age story including hanging with the wrong crowd and losing her virginity.
Themes: Coming of Age, Maturity, Rite of Passage, Sex, Immaturity, Transformation, Rebellion, Impetuous, Naïve
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2:37
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- Fitting In Girl In Progress
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In an effort to fit in with the cruel cool group, Ansiedad must ridicule her best friend Tavita.
Themes: Teasing, Mocking, Bullying, Insult, Betrayal, Friendship, Despicable, Peer-Pressure, Cruelty
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1:33
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- Too Tired To Care Girl In Progress
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Ansiedad blares metal music and cuts off the heads of her teddy bears all to get her mother’s attention.
Themes: Neglect, Parenting, Motherhood, Coming of Age, Acting Out, Rejection, Insensitive, Apathy, Longing
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2:48
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- Cry For Help Girl In Progress
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Grace meets with her daughter’s teacher, who informs Grace that her daughter is crying out for her mother’s help.
Themes: Neglect, Parenting, Motherhood, Coming of Age, Acting Out, Maturity, Warning, Judging, Sex
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