Bruce Davison, David Clennon, Eric Stoltz, Illeana Douglas, John Turturro ...( see more  see more... ) , Matt Dillon , Patsy Kensit

The traditions of old-fashioned melodrama are given a hip facelift in this homage to the Brill Building era (the late 1950s to the early 1970s) of pop-music glory, providing a perfect match between wr...( read more  read more... )iter-director Allison Anders and her excellent cast. Illeana Douglas plays a singer-songwriter (loosely modeled after Brill recording artist Carole King) whose life runs emotionally parallel to popular music trends. John Turturro is a stand-in for "wall of sound" producer Phil Spector and Matt Dillon is a thinly disguised version of maverick Beach Boy Brian Wilson. It's a bit too schematic in the way the central character is always in the right place at the right time, but as a tale of fame and romantic highs and lows in the '50s and '60s the movie is funny, touching, and sincere. It's a lively and loving tribute to timeless music and the colorful characters who created it. --Jeff Shannon

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R, 116 min.

Directed by: Allison Anders

Release Date: September 13, 1996

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DVD Release Date: April 18, 2000

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  • December 10, 2007
    A personal favorite. Love it.
  • December 19, 2008
    Very good movie!!! Good Music too. Matt Dillon reminds me of The wilson Beach Boy, just how he turns out evenutally. Illeana Douglas did a great job in this one..Love it!
  • December 13, 2008
    A pretty brilliant little concoction. One, with a plethora of wonderful ingredients. But perhaps the most striking pair of these ingredients, is that of two unique creative energies. The one behind the film's face and the one behind its music. It seems they share very few com...( read more)monalities between them and yet, what these two energies do share, goes a long way to infuse their film with a very special flavour. And then Turturro strolls in, nonchalantly as ever, and yanks the whole thing to yet another level.
  • September 6, 2008
    A cool look into the music business with an awesome soundtrack.
  • August 15, 2008
    interesting and different
  • May 3, 2008
    Illeana Douglas stars in Grace of My Heart. I agree with others, this movie is a hidden gem. Douglas gives an excellent performance as a woman in the music industry who is successful as a songwriter and wants to break out on her own as a singer. Matt Dillion plays her second husb...( read more)and who is a tormented man who gives Douglas' her life's highs and lows. Wonderful soundtrack, good story line, fantastic cast.
  • July 24, 2007
    illeana Douglas is Tremendous in the movie.
  • May 27, 2007
    I remember really enjoying this one when I saw it ages ago.. must see if I can find it again. One of those almost mini-series -through-the years- stories...
  • May 23, 2007
    Not a hit, but I loved this film. It tells the story of a female singer/songwriter, well played (but not sung) by Illeana Douglas. The musical numbers are great - especially God Give Me Strength. Brilliant song.
  • February 18, 2007
    this shows ladys that they can do whatever they want inlife wit or with out a man

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