The Story:
Based on actual events, Agnes (Jennifer Lawrence), a smart and self-aware teenager who reluctantly presides over the decrepit abode where her addict-whore mother Sarah (Selma Blair) and two younger sisters Bee (Sophia Bairley) and Cammie (Chloe Moretz) live. Waking on the morning of the biggest game of her high school basketball career, Agnes goes through the motions of her daily routine, which means rousing whoever Sarah bedded the previous evening, rolling newspapers for Bee's local route, and flirting with Sarah's pimp Duval (Bokeem Woodbine), who shows an unhealthy interest in the minor.
But as the day unwinds, she discovers that even her resignation and preternatural maturity are not enough to prepare her when she finds herself caught between the innocence and optimism of childhood and the dangerous realities of the adult world.
Starring:
Selma Blair, Jennifer Lawrence, Bokeem Woodbine, David Alan Grier, Sophia Bairley
Directed By:
Lori Petty
Release:
2009
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