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Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,379 2010s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In a small American town, 16-year-old Lucy is left to largely raise herself, managing the household while her immature mother works and her father is away in Canada for months at a time. As her parents' emotional distance intensifies, Lucy explores her own sexuality with her childhood best friend, Kenny.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic28/100
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
136 audience votes
Key crew
- Max MayerDirector
- Virginia Korus SpraggScreenplay
- Christopher LennertzOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sarah BolgerLucy Diamond
- Thomas MannKenny Crauder
- James MarsdenChuck Diamond
- Claire DanesLainee Diamond
- Seth AdkinsScott Booker
- Jeremy SistoGuy Karlsburg
- Anika Noni RoseFrances
- Jon TenneyBob
- Rhys CoiroRon
- Will PeltzTim
- Mario BataliSelf
- Peter FondaGerald
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Themes
rapebullyingdysfunctional familycoming of ageteenage girlteenage boyteenage pregnancyfriends with benefitsindependent filmparty