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- 2013
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2013
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
Directed By: Max Mayer
Written By: Pete Fromm, Virginia Korus Spragg
- 2013
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2013
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 32 m
As Cool as I Am
28
5.8
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Summary A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
Directed By: Max Mayer
Written By: Pete Fromm, Virginia Korus Spragg
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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0 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
28
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Familiar faces in supporting roles don't do much for the commercial prospects of this modest film, which feels like a made-for-TV version of the prototypical Sundance-aspiring quest for identity.
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.
Director Max Mayer doesn’t find a way to make the ritual traumas of adolescence feel new again.
Just when its parts should come together, As Cool as I Am crumbles to bits.
Though darker elements loom in the shadows, nothing in this painfully sincere film is remotely affecting; just think of it as “My So-Called Strife.”
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.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
5.8
50% Positive
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6 Ratings
33% Mixed
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17% Negative
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2 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
5.8
50% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
33% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
17% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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