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Grace Is Gone (2007)

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Movie Info


Genre

Drama

Release Date

December 07, 2007 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Studio

The Weinstein Company

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

Cast and Crew


Director

James C. Strouse

Producer

John Cusack, Grace Loh, Galt Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin Lundberg

Screenwriter

James C. Strouse

Starring

  • John Cusack as Stanley Philipps
  • Alessandro Nivola
  • Gracie Bednarczyk
  • Nathan Adloff
  • Andrea Frisby
  • Zach Gray
  • Mary Kay Place

Movie Story


There was a time when Stanley Phillips (John Cusack) could see his entire life clearly. He dreamed of patriotic service and was destined for a military career. He came close to that dream until it was cut short simply because of his poor eyesight. Now he's serving customers at a home supply store while his Sergeant wife is fighting in Iraq.

Equally as awkward at home as he is at work, he's raising Heidi, their twelve-year-old daughter and her 8-year-old sister Dawn. Although a loving father, Stanley is unable to conform to a more affectionate role and the girls miss their mother deeply.

While tolerating his job and stumbling through parenting he is abruptly awakened when tragedy strikes. Ill prepared to deal with it himself, he is at a complete loss contemplating how to tell his children. Desperate to delay telling the children they embark on a spontaneous road trip. Grasping to give them their last moments of innocence, Stanley reveals a softer side as they travel to Dawn's chosen destination – Enchanted Gardens Theme Park.

The farther they drive the closer they become yet Stanley knows he must face the inevitable task of changing their lives forever.

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john cusack is quite good.

posted by rdog on Oct 16, 2009
 
 

MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..a moving and tender family drama..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..worth seeing for Cusack's nuanced and powerful performance and for the emotions that the director successfully excavates..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..Engaging, superbly acted and ultimately heart-breaking drama..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]