As Cool as I Am
2013, Comedy/Drama, 1h 32m
7 Reviews 500+ RatingsYou might also like
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Cast & Crew
Lainee Diamond
Chuck Diamond
Guy
Lucy Diamond
Kenny
Gerald
Critic Reviews for As Cool as I Am
All Critics (7) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (6)
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This coming-of-age drama might trade in familiar narrative developments, but its characterization is rather nuanced.
June 27, 2013 | Full Review… -
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.
June 7, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Oh no: Claire Danes as the mom? Already? What's next, Chelsea Clinton for president?
June 7, 2013 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review… -
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.
June 6, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 -
The film is the cinematic equivalent of a teenager, making everything more melodramatic than it needs to be, and impatient with the subtle details of life.
June 6, 2013 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review… -
Mayer doesn't find a way to make the ritual traumas of adolescence feel new again.
June 4, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for As Cool as I Am
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Aug 27, 2015Badly written film, the performances are all over the place.Brendan N Super Reviewer
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Aug 27, 2013It seems that this is one of those films critics love to hate! I haven't read so many negative reviews from the audience, but the critics are almost anonymous in finding anything negative possible... not that I cared about it... This coming of age comedy-drama based on the novel of the same name by Pete Fromm (described as "spirited and sharply intelligent") is directed by Max Mayer. Claire Danes is playing young mom, Sarah Bolger is the responsible daughter and James Marsden is the father of the Diamond family. Young Sarah's performance was outstanding, together with Thomas Mann who was her friend Kenny in the movie. Why were they overlooked in the critics reviews is something I cannot answer. The story of Lucy (Bolger) was simply unique mosaic of familiar narrative elements... she is a self-confessed tomboy that is considered one of the guys with her masculine haircut and attitude, gets on well with her father (Marsden) but is frequently separated from him for months when he works in Canada as lumberjack. Her relationship with her mother (Danes) is easy-going provided she keeps the house tidy, and that allows her to develop excellent cooking skills. As Lucy turns 16, she tunes into her sexuality and her family dynamics developing a type of friends-with-benefits relationship with her best friend Kenny... If you love movies in which the main character is dreaming of a bigger life while dealing with her parents' disintegrating marriage trying to juggle inexperience as her only skill in her own relationships - this is a movie which will make you happy after some frustration.Panta O Super Reviewer
As Cool As I Am Quotes
| Lainee: | Why do people stay together? Uh - in bad relationships, I mean. |
| Frances: | They eat so much shit for so long. They don't even recognize the taste of it after a while. |
| Lainee: | So you think I've been eating shit, don't you? |
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