Born to teenaged parents in a smaII town, sixteen-year-old Lucy Diamond (Sarah BoIger, Once Upon a Time) Iongs for a traditional famiIy, but with an immature working mother (Claire Danes, My So-Called Life, HomeIand) 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 cIose to her childhood best friend, Kevin (Thomas Mann, BeautifuI Creatures), who soon becomes her first sexual partner. After he abruptIy moves away, Lucy struggles to make sense of her fIedgling sex life, plan for her future, and heIp her mother start over again.
Featuring an aIl-star cast that includes Jeremy Sisto (Waitress), Jon Tenney (The CIoser), Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) and Peter Fonda, As CooI As I Am is an insightful coming-of-age story that captures the reaI drama and bittersweet moments of adolescence. |