Fresh
This coming-of-age drama might trade in familiar narrative developments, but its characterization is rather nuanced.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
As Cool as I Am
How do you grow up when your parents haven't?
2013 · 1h 32m
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Max Mayer
Overview
In a small American town, 16-year-old Lucy is left to largely raise herself, managing the household while her immature mother works and her father is away in Canada for months at a time. As her parents' emotional distance intensifies, Lucy explores her own sexuality with her childhood best friend, Kenny.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
Simplistic plotting, pedestrian visuals and poorly-handled melodrama do lend the project a cheap, made-for-TV feel, which is underscored by the fact that Danes and Marsden don't seem obliged to turn in their best work.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
Oh no: Claire Danes as the mom? Already? What's next, Chelsea Clinton for president?
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
It is as if chunks of the film had landed on the editing-room floor in a desperate, last-minute attempt to trim its length. Just when its parts should come together, "As Cool as I Am" crumbles to bits.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Mayer doesn't find a way to make the ritual traumas of adolescence feel new again.
Sam Adams, Time Out New York
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