Critic Reviews
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Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
The story here is as dog-eared as an old beach book, and about as deep.
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Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
The performances by Smith, Brewster and veteran David Morse, as a morbidly depressed widower, elevate Nearing Grace to something near grace.
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Luke Y. Thompson, Village Voice
...cinematic youth has rarely seemed so convincingly uncertain, and Brewster could definitely drive a young guy crazy.
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Michael Ordoņa, Los Angeles Times
Smart, funny and, thanks in no small part to David Geddes' cinematography, it occasionally approaches the poetic.
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Laura Kern, New York Times
Bursting with hormones, angst, humor and heartbreak, Rick Rosenthal's Nearing Grace, set during the late 1970's in suburban New Jersey, follows a teenager's efforts to survive both the recent loss of his mother and his senior year of high school.
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Cast
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Gregory Smithas Henry Nearing -
Jordana Brewsteras Grace Chance -
Ashley Johnsonas Merna Ash
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David Moscowas Blair Nearing -
Chad Faustas Lance -
Brian Doyle-Murrayas Clement C. Haydes
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