Chloe Moretz stars in “Hick”

by Dimitris Ioannou

The 15-year-old Chloe Moretz stars in the new film “Hick” by Derick Martini the American director that in 2008 brought us “Lymelife”. In the new red band trailer released yesterday we find Moretz playing with guns, dressed twice her age and more mature than ever, even on “30 Rock”.

The beautiful blonde actress, most known from the movies “Kick-Ass”, “Let Me In” and lately “Hugo”, plays a 13-year-old girl named Luli McMullen who runs from home, trying to escape her mom's alcoholic boyfriends and to pursue fame. In her path she finds trouble when she meets a boy older than her named Eddie (Eddie Redmayne). Fortunately soon comes to her life the troubled but caring Glenda, played by the “Gossip Girl” star Blake Lively.

The movie is an adaptation of Andrea Ports novel by the same name and alongside Moretz, we also find Juliette Lewis and Alec Baldwin. “Hick” is scheduled to open in theatres on May 11^th.

Here is the official synopsis of “Hick” and below the trailer, check it out:

Thirteen-year-old Nebraska girl Luli (Chloe Grace Moretz) has been dealt a rough hand. Her mother and father spend their evenings getting obnoxiously plastered at the local watering hole, then go at it like a pair of trashy, drunk teenagers. Worse, they manage to throw down at Luli’s birthday party.

Certain she’s destined for a more glamorous life, Luli packs her things — including her new birthday gift, a Smith & Wesson .45 — and hitches a ride to Vegas. Dressed like a girl twice her age, she’s immediately picked up by a wannabe cowboy named Eddie (Eddie Redmayne, a sensational actor on the rise), who walks with a limp and acts a little too crazy for comfort. The two fail to hit it off and Luli is ejected from the car. Luckily, she soon meets Glenda (Blake Lively), a grifter who acts as Luli’s big sister — albeit one who offers her drugs and uses her as an accessory to a robbery. Just as things seem to be going moderately well for Luli, Eddie makes an unwelcome return and becomes increasingly difficult to evade.