Gracie (2007)
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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 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 reeling from the passing of her brother Johnny (Jesse Lee Soffer), a star player on the high-school soccer team. When Gracie defies nearly everyone's wishes by vowing to replace Johnny under the aegis of cantankerous Coach Colasanti (John Doman), it irritates her parents (Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney) -- who encourage her to stick to activities better-suited to her gender -- and her best friend, Jena (Julia Garro), who warns her that athletic women are often considered "lesbos." The young woman persists, however, and wins the hearts of her most strident detractors, surmounting one obstacle after another and racing toward certain victory. Karen Janszen and Lisa Marie Petersen co-scripted; Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) directs, lacing the soundtrack with pop standards from that era, with Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady" used as Gracie's training anthem. Dina Goldman created the film's meticulous 1970s production design. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Directed By
- Davis Guggenheim
- Written By
- Karen Janszen, Lisa Marie Peterson
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Picturehouse
Critic Reviews
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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.
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Malene Arpe, Toronto Star
Ends up more like a middling after-school special than an insightful look at family dynamics.
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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.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
It's a nice film and the Shue family, honestly, they should be proud of what they've done.
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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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Cast
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Carly Schroeder
as Gracie Bowen
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Elisabeth Shue
as Lindsay Bowen
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Dermot Mulroney
as Bryan Bowen
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Andrew Shue
as Coach Clark
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Jesse Lee Soffer
as Johnny Bowen
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Joshua Caras
as Peter
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Julia Garro
as Jena Walpen
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Hunter Schroeder
as Mike Bowen
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John Doman
as Coach Colasanti
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Trevor Heins
as Daniel Bowen
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Christopher Shand
as Kyle Rhodes
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Madison Arnold
as Grandad
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Karl Girolamo
as Curt
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Emma Bell
as Kate Dorset
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Peter McRobbie
as Principal Enright
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Leslie Lyles
as Chairwoman Connie Bowsher
- Michael Dean
- Jay Patterson
- Josh Caras
- Laila Liliana



