Girl in Progress

2012

Action / Comedy / Drama

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 53% · 44 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 53% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 7166 7.2K

latinx lead coming of age teenage girl single mother woman director mother daughter relationship

Plot summary

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.

Director

Patricia Riggen Photo
Patricia Riggen

Top cast

Eugenio Derbez Photo
Eugenio Derbez as Mission Impossible
Landon Liboiron Photo
Landon Liboiron as Trevor
Ana Maria Estrada Photo
Ana Maria Estrada as Tavita's Mom
Kathryn Kirkpatrick Photo
Kathryn Kirkpatrick as Maid
720p.BluRay
857.01 MB
1280*528
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by phd_travel 7 / 10

Quite funny in parts - Eva is brilliant

For those who remember Cher and Winona Ryder in Mermaids and liked it, this is an updated Hispanic irresponsible mother and cry for help daughter comedy. There are some laugh out loud moments. The drama and comedy don't blend that smoothly as hoped but overall it's a cute story.The performances are good. Eva is funny and touching. She is a great comedienne and very convincing in the more serious moments. It's nice to see her in a real latina role speaking Spanish. She is believable showing blue collar struggles - much more than Jennifer Lopez.Strange casting of Matthew Modine as the married cad who romances Eva's character. He is usually the good guy so it's a bit strange to see him in the role.Overall it isn't has polished as Mermaids but it's worth a watch.
Reviewed by SharDBear 6 / 10

Knock-off

I feel this is a knock-off from Spanglish. Which, that was a far better movie.However, this was a good movie as well, with its own struggles and such.I don't know why reviews has to be so dang long.Girl in Progress, is a good movie. So go ahead and watch it. What more can I say?I suppose returns and extra spaces don't Makena difference in any if this??No, it doesn't. So I will keep rambling.I'm fortunate to know my mother never consumed her time in different men. Where I got that habit from is beyond me. Maybe because all I wanted in life was to be loved, needed and feel wanted.Characters met, have a nice night.
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