
Girl in Progress
Taste attributes: comedydramateentried & testedlightrealisticsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationship
"A tale of acting up, acting out, and acting your age."
Boxlist takeAn emotional comedy-drama that is straightforward, familiar and grounded. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
5.6 /10
TMDB · 96 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Patricia Riggen
Cast
- Eva Mendes
- Cierra Ramirez
- Matthew Modine
- Landon Liboiron
- Patricia Arquette
Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Pantelion Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











