By: Carlos Acevedo

The story of a single parent working multiple jobs to make ends meet is not uncommon. With the pressure of today’s economy, it’s not unusual to see the lack of communication between parents and children.

Girl in Progress, the latest movie by Pantelion Films, which stars Eva Mendes, talks about just that. In the film, Grace, portrayed by Mendes, is a single mother who struggles to get her life and affairs in order. What Grace doesn’t realize is that her lack of attention negatively impacts the relationship with her daughter Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez).

With the focus on her unsteady love life, Grace fails to see the phase of behavioral change and resentment that Ansiedad’s goes through. Demonstrating resentment, Ansiedad plans to embark on a journey to experience many situations, which she believes will help her speed up the process of growing up from her pre-teen phase into adulthood.

Ansiedad’s choices will hurt her friends and place her in dangerous situations. Grace will have to get her priorities in order to save and win Ansiedad’s trust back before it’s too late. The moral of the story for both Grace and Ansiedad will be that being mature is acting your age, whether your 14 or 35-years old. This movie delivers a good message to both, parents and children about the dangers that can arise by the simple lack of communication and guidance.