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Comedy drama about a busy single mother whose daughter decides to skip adolescence and shortcut directly to adulthood. Cast:Eva Mendes, Cierra Ramirez, Raini Rodriguez, Matthew Modine, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio DerbezDirector:Patricia RiggenRelease Date:May 11, 2012DVD Release:September 11, 2012From:Pantelion FilmsRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 30 min
Girl In Progress played in key cities to weak reviews. • Mara Reinstein wrote in Us Weekly, "Likable star, average movie.... it's obvious from the get-go that these girls in progress will tidily heal all their wounds. With a hug." • And Nathan Rabin wrote for the AV Club, "...so artificial and self-satisfied that it's seldom infected by the messiness and unpredictability of reality." More Reviews Below...
Girl In Progress Positive Reviews (25 Reviews, reviews below)
Alynda Wheat, People: POOR(cg) "Ansiedad is keenly smart, so why does she do such stupid things to escape her party-girl mom, Grace?... a cringingly artificial plot with no one to like."(See all of Alynda Wheat's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 67 words, 05/10/12
Mary Pols, Time: FAIR "...sweet but wholly predictable... unfortunately, the film doesn't upend anything; it just makes us weary of its wisecracking, oblivious teen and her ditzy mom."(See all of Mary Pols's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 766 words, 05/10/12
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: WEAK(cg) "It's maddening: 'Girl in Progress' knows that every teen movie has to have a blowout bash where important events take place, and it can't even get the tone of that right."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 485 words, 05/08/12
Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "Likable star, average movie.... it's obvious from the get-go that these girls in progress will tidily heal all their wounds. With a hug."(See all of Mara Reinstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 124 words, 05/10/12
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: POOR(cg) "There's a particularly bum message about the lives of blue-collar women in the subplot involving Mama's affair with the husband of a woman whose house she cleans."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 196 words, 05/11/12
Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE(cg) "...a familiar premise of a mature daughter and childish mom and meant to be a dark comedy, 'Progress' is a surprisingly humorless tale."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 472 words, 05/11/12
James Rocchi, MSN Movies: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a film that looks at the truths and tales of so many different things with such honesty and directness is a welcome change, even if it's less than a total success."(See all of James Rocchi's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 612 words, 05/08/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (9 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...the movie, by virtue of its self-conscious parody of the kind of movie it is, turns out to be an unusually smart and sensitive example of the genre."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 660 words, 05/11/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...contrivance is the engine of this young-adult comedy, which pretends to deconstruct storytelling clichés while never really transcending them.... defies credulity."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 515 words, 05/11/12
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...better-than-average tween comedy.... Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez rise to the occasion when they're finally forced to confront each other at the climax."(See all of Lou Lumenick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 146 words, 05/11/12
David Edelstein, New York Magazine: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a tad 'Juno'-esque for comfort... the movie goes soft. But it has the unpretentious energy and charm of a good YA girls' novel."(See all of David Edelstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 249 words, 05/07/12
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: POOR(cg) "...a movie in crisis. Is it a light-hearted tween picture? A portrait of a struggling single mother? A hip, quirky comedy?... Mostly, it seems, it's a mess."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 388 words, 05/11/12
Roger Moore, Miami Herald: WEAK(cg) "...takes too long to find the right tone, goes too long between laughs and too long to show any real progress in these two girls in the process of growing up."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 318 words, 05/11/12
Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix: POOR(cg) "...gets a D for an overly literal device that finds teenaged Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) re-enacting coming-of-age tropes.... a step backward for the genre."(See all of Brett Michel's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 163 words, 05/17/12
Jesse Hassenger, Pop Matters: POOR(cg) "...proceeds with meta and cringeworthy scenes of Ansiedad acting self-consciously dorky so she can then self-consciously rebel and fall in with a bad crowd..."(See all of Jesse Hassenger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 872 words, 05/11/12
Michelle Orange, Movieline: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Grace's apparently bottomless self-absorption is well played by Eva Mendes, who has always infused her man-candy roles with warmth and a weary intelligence..."(See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 576 words, 05/10/12
Nick Schager, Slant: POOR(cg) "...sinks the action into abject corniness, partaking in solitary tears down cheeks, hysterical confrontations between friends and over-the-top humiliations from enemies..."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 450 words, 05/06/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...the movie, by virtue of its self-conscious parody of the kind of movie it is, turns out to be an unusually smart and sensitive example of the genre."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 660 words, 05/11/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...contrivance is the engine of this young-adult comedy, which pretends to deconstruct storytelling clichés while never really transcending them.... defies credulity."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 515 words, 05/11/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Boyd Van Hoeij, Daily Variety: FAIR "...never finds its own groove, alternating between high-school dramedy and overworked-single-mom narratives without ever really becoming a mother-and-daughter story..."(See all of Boyd Van Hoeij's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 493 words, 05/09/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...contrivance is the engine of this young-adult comedy, which pretends to deconstruct storytelling clichés while never really transcending them.... defies credulity."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 515 words, 05/11/12
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: FAIR(cg) "...so sentimental and inauthentic that it gives a bad name to a popular genre that's been endlessly revisited by American directors."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 349 words, 05/10/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...the movie, by virtue of its self-conscious parody of the kind of movie it is, turns out to be an unusually smart and sensitive example of the genre."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 660 words, 05/11/12
16.5 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Girl In Progress's reviews are separated by an average 16.5 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Girl In Progress (25 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Girl In Progress's reviews cover 69.9% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 9,922 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 397 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 22.8 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Girl In Progress's reviews on average broke 22.8 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Girl In Progress's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Girl In Progress (25 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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