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Summary: Gracie
Comment: Gracie, a strong, determined, athletic 15 year old who loves soccer and is determined to play. This movie shows how the family deals with the loss of Johnny, the 17 yr old soccer star. Bryan, the father (D. Mulroney), immersed in his own grief, eventually uses his love of soccer as the only way he knows to reach his daughter, Gracie, who is starting toward destructive behavior in her efforts to deal with the loss of her brother, also her best friend. Johnny encouraged Gracie in soccer and had a lot of confidence in her skills. The movie also shows a lot about soccer skills that Gracie develops under the watchful eye of her father who becomes her coach. The whole family is involved. The music is very repersentative of the time including two Bruce Springteen songs that he allowed as it takes place in NJ, his home state. I love it...all of it.
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Summary: enjoyable despite the cliches
Comment: When high school soccer star Johnny Bowen is killed in a car crash, his grieving kid sister vows to keep his memory alive by taking his place on the team. But first Gracie will have to overcome the strenuous objections of both the coach and her own misogynistic father to her plan.
Although it has many of the hallmarks of a Lifetime Original Movie - souped-up gender conflict, an overdose of sentimental uplift, and a plucky, inspirational heroine at its core - "Gracie," which is set in late 1970's New Jersey, transcends many of its stereotypes and cliches through heartfelt performances, unpretentious writing and earnest direction.
Carly Schroeder has grit and charm to spare as the indomitable Gracie, while Dermot Mulroney and Elizabeth Shue acquit themselves nicely as her ultimately supportive parents.
It`s true that "Gracie" provides us with nothing we haven't seen a thousand times before - from "The Karate Kid" to "Bend it Like Beckham" - but inspirational-sports-movie fans should still find themselves cheering on this latest underdog story.
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Summary: An Incredible family film!
Comment: "Gracie" is not just another feel good `underdog' film! It is the true story of the Shue family (Elizabeth Shue and brother, Andrew, are both in the film) that touched me more deeply once I learned this fact. A young girl is desperate for the love of her father, who dotes on his athletic boys as he coaches them to play soccer. When Gracie's soccer-star brother is killed in a tragic accident, she becomes determined to try out for the boys' soccer team and asks her father for help.
This is an incredible movie that will not disappoint any viewer!
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Summary: A Good Family Movie
Comment: Gracie is a New Jersey teenager, but her problem is that she was born a girl into a family of soccer playing boys. When her naturally talented brother is killed in a car accident Gracie tries to honor his memory by wanting to try out for the Varsity high school soccer team. Unfortunately, this is 1978 and girls aren't allowed to play on a boy's team. Not only does she have to now fight the school board, but she has to force her he-man father to take her seriously and to train her like he does the boys. She is not accepted for this effort and takes horrible beatings in her efforts at the hands of her fellow players. The message is simple, if you want something bad enough, you will do what you have to.
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Summary: Review of the movie "Gracie".
Comment: I thought the movie "Gracie" was excellent. The movie showed how dreams in a person can inspire one to triumph over outside walls. It was truly an inspirational movie which anyone would enjoy. Carly Schroeder was excellent in the movie. Having read an interview about her, it was easy to understand why she made this movie. We need more movies like this to portray good positive images!
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