Born to teenaged parents in a small town, sixteen-year-old Lucy Diamond (Sarah Bolger, Once Upon a Time) longs for a traditional 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 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 incIudes Jeremy Sisto (Waitress), Jon Tenney (The Closer), Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) and Peter Fonda, As Cool As I Am is an insightful coming-of-age story that captures the reaI drama and bittersweet moments of adolescence. |