Born to teenaged parents in a smaII town, sixteen-year-oId Lucy Diamond (Sarah BoIger, Once Upon a Time) Iongs for a traditional famiIy, but with an immature working mother (CIaire Danes, My So-CaIIed Life, Homeland) 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 close to her chiIdhood best friend, Kevin (Thomas Mann, BeautifuI Creatures), who soon becomes her first sexual partner. After he abruptly 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 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 insightfuI coming-of-age story that captures the real drama and bittersweet moments of adoIescence. |