Gracie

Gracie (2007)

  • 60% of critics liked it
    (93 reviews)

  • 61% of users liked it
    (150,484 ratings)

Inspired by the real-life events that followed the untimely 1988 death of William Shue (brother of cast members Elisabeth and Andrew Shue and executive producer John Shue) the feel-good sports drama Gracie unfolds in 1978 New Jersey. 15-year-old Gracie Bowen (newcomer Carly Schroeder) is still… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Karen Janszen, Lisa Marie Peterson
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jun 1, 2007 Wide
Picturehouse

Critic Reviews

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    It's too bad that Gracie's story seems bent on staying on the surface of such familiar turf, rather than digging deeper to reveal what propels her.

  • Malene Arpe, Toronto Star

    Ends up more like a middling after-school special than an insightful look at family dynamics.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    [Actress Schroeder] gives Gracie a credibly rugged edge, building her into a mini-tower of blond ambition and almost rescuing the role from cliché. Almost, but not quite, not when burdened with a script so proudly rooted in uplift's trite traditions.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    It's a nice film and the Shue family, honestly, they should be proud of what they've done.

  • Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

    Gracie is a gentle, easygoing picture -- it's not exactly dramatically gripping, but somehow, its spirit carries it through.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Nothing special but not bad

  • Leigh R


    Very interesting true back story to this film. I liked the whole girl power thing and the movie did have one scene that nearly broke my heart. It was pretty okay for what it was.

  • Dean M


    This inspired of true one family's story is a score! This moving feel-good story is so emotionally and courage of a 15-year-old girl who vowed to replace his late brother on the high-school soccer team. I found out about this events followed the ultimely 1988 death of William… More

  • Daniel P


    Not by choice: buses in Northern Ontario, you just never know what you're going to get... a great laugh due its combination of melodramatic bad lines, half-baked gender-role commentary and sports movie formula. Do not watch this film... unless you also enjoy gawking at car… More

  • Mark A


    Barely watchable, this soap opera knows how to tug at the heartstrings, but a little too sappy for even this most sensitive male viewer. Gracie battles prejudice and neandrathal male stereotypes to win a place on the boy's soccer team at school. Nobody believes in her except for… More

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