It revolves around a girl named Jenna who has to deal with her teenage life while at the same time taking care of her mother who is sick with cancer.

Like a normal teenage girl, she worries about her breasts not growing, why she is not as popular as Ullis, and how she can get Sakke to fall in love with her or at least notice that she exists.

They told the newspaper Gotlands Allehanda that they complement each other well; Siwe "has strong ideas" while Gottfridsson "is really good at psychology".

Siwe searched a long time for an actor to play the role, and she was not pleased until she found Mattson.

"[6] She also commented on the writing process: "I didn't want to stop until I had a really good manuscript because I felt such strong respect for Johanna and her book.

[3] Christer Uggeldahl of Hufvudstadsbladet gave the film four out of five stars, praising the director and the cast.

He wrote that the actors are "as bold as they are skillful", and added that, because of her feeling for nuances, it is hard to tell that this is Siwe's directing debut.

"Here we have a director who knows a girl's room inside and out and who knows how to switch between images and words, between the quietness and the pop soundtrack.

"[2] Åsa Johansson of Dalarnas Tidningar also praised the film, commenting that the "fantastically well-written dialog" and the debuting actors brought the characters to life.

She added that the film made her cry, in part because Josefine Mattsson was able to make Jenna's frustration seem so complex.

[5] Glowing Stars debuted in second place on the Swedish box office chart.