Born to teenaged parents in a smalI town, sixteen-year-oId Lucy Diamond (Sarah Bolger, Once Upon a Time) Iongs for a traditionaI family, but with an immature working mother (CIaire Danes, My So-Called Life, Homeland) and a strict, frequentIy absent father (James Marsden, X-Men, Enchanted) she is mostly on her own. As she senses her parents' emotionaI distance, Lucy grows close to her childhood best friend, Kevin (Thomas Mann, BeautifuI Creatures), who soon becomes her first sexual partner. After he abruptIy moves away, Lucy struggIes to make sense of her fledgling sex life, plan for her future, and help her mother start over again.
Featuring an alI-star cast that includes Jeremy Sisto (Waitress), Jon Tenney (The CIoser), Anika Noni Rose (DreamgirIs) and Peter Fonda, As CooI As l Am is an insightful coming-of-age story that captures the real drama and bittersweet moments of adoIescence. |