
Ansiedad has always hated the fact that her mom Grace was never mature or responsible. After getting used to taking care of her mom instead of the other way around Ansiedad decides to become an adult in every way possible. With that in mind she creates an outrageous list of all the things she needs to accomplish in order to become an adult. This coming of age story shows that growing up is never as easy as it seems and that the best thing to do is stay put.... (Full plot summary below)
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Ansiedad has always hated the fact that her mom Grace was never mature or responsible. After getting used to taking care of her mom instead of the other way around Ansiedad decides to become an adult in every way possible. With that in mind she creates an outrageous list of all the things she needs to accomplish in order to become an adult. This coming of age story shows that growing up is never as easy as it seems and that the best thing to do is stay put.
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| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonAny attempt to provide insight into various real-life issues, such as teenage rebellion or the perils of single motherhood, is compromised by the film's predicable reliance on feel-good sentimentality. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThis family melodrama is not effective as a star vehicle for the beautiful Eva Mendes, or as a coming of age in the particular context of Hispanic culture. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovGirl in Progress is an old story about a young girl told in a smart way, and that's something you don't see every day, no matter how many times you think you've seen it before. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekEarnest but forced, [it] has its heart in the right place, but is conspicuously short on brain power. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe movie, by virtue of its self-conscious parody of the kind of movie it is, turns out to be an unusually smart and sensitive example of the genre. |
| TIME MagazineMary F. PolsThe mystery of Eva Mendes' slow-simmering career continues. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMendes is charismatic and likable as Grace - perhaps too likable. Conveying Grace's parental blind spots, she doesn't turn her character's single motherhood into an argument for sainthood. Yet she avoids any darker glimpses that would lend a more satisfying complexity to the mother-daughter tension and to the movie's too-neat ending. |
| Movies.comGrae DrakeEven in all its movie-cuteness, Girl in Progress keeps its feet on the ground just enough to keep you watching. |
| Film.comWilliam GossProgress acknowledges clichés but has little interest in actually subverting them, instead growing more predictable and sentimental as it goes along. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe movie goes soft. But it has the unpretentious energy and charm of a good YA girls' novel. |