As Cool as I Am (film)

As Cool As I Am is an American comedydrama film based on the novel of the same name by Pete Fromm. Claire Danes, Sarah Bolger and James Marsden star as the Diamond family. The film is directed by Max Mayer, who also directed Adam. Filming on the adaptation began in New Mexico in May 2011. The film was released in the United States on June 21, 2013 by IFC Films.

After a run in with Scott Booker, who is annoying Lucys best friend Kenny Thomas Mann, Lucy kisses Scott in return for him not beating up Kenny. Lucy becomes upset with herself after Scott says she is a bad kisser and wished that he hadnt been her first kiss. Kenny then says that memories are malleable, so Lucy could pretend that her first kiss was Kenny and then she would slowly start to think that was true. Lucy decides that the only way she could believe this is if Kenny does kiss her, resulting in a friendswithbenefits type relationship. Meanwhile, Lainee begins to have a wandering eye for a speaker Jeremy Sisto that comes in to talk to Lainees workplace. Lainee eventually sleeps with him and comes home ata.m., with Lucy still up and realizing what her mother has done. Chuck then comes home unexpectedly and Lucy outs Lainees job to her father in order to make sure he doesnt find out about her mothers infidelity. She also reveals that she kissed two boys while her father was gone. After her mother and father start arguing, Lucy becomes upset with herself and runs off to Kennys house. He is still sleep and she wakes him up by crawling through his window and eventually they have sex in Kennys bed. Lucy freaks out and runs out of Kennys front door, passing his mother on the way. Lucy runs home and hears her parents having sex upstairs. Because Kenny and Lucy did not use a condom, Lucy goes to Planned Parenthood where they give her a morning after pill, a box of condoms, and birth control pills. She stuffs this box into her drawers when her father calls her. She goes downstairs to find Kenny waiting for her. Kenny discretely tells her about the morningafter pill and to his relief, she tells him that she has already taken it. Kennys mother then calls on the phone and Chuck invites Kenny and his mother to Easter brunch that Sunday. While at lunch, Kennys mother outs Lucy and Kennys love affair. Lainee and Chuck become offended, not believing Kennys mother and sayin

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