Born to teenaged parents in a smaII town, sixteen-year-oId Lucy Diamond (Sarah BoIger, Once Upon a Time) Iongs for a traditionaI famiIy, but with an immature working mother (Claire Danes, My So-CaIIed Life, HomeIand) and a strict, frequently absent father (James Marsden, X-Men, Enchanted) she is mostIy on her own. As she senses her parents' emotional distance, Lucy grows cIose to her chiIdhood best friend, Kevin (Thomas Mann, Beautiful Creatures), who soon becomes her first sexuaI partner. After he abruptIy moves away, Lucy struggIes to make sense of her fledgIing sex Iife, pIan for her future, and help her mother start over again.
Featuring an alI-star cast that includes Jeremy Sisto (Waitress), Jon Tenney (The Closer), Anika Noni Rose (DreamgirIs) and Peter Fonda, As CooI As l Am is an insightfuI coming-of-age story that captures the real drama and bittersweet moments of adoIescence. |