Grace Is Gone

Grace is Gone , a movie written and directed by James Strouse and available now on DVD, demonstrates the grief.... ... Full Review

Grace is Gone, a movie written and directed by James Strouse and available now on DVD, demonstrates the grief.... ... Full Review

This film is quite sad First time director James C. Strouse (working here from his own script) has crafted a heartfelt tale that is sweet without being cloying, and in spite of being a sad film still manages to give us a glimmer of the hope one can find even after such a tragedy. ... Full Review

There are two earnest, deeply affecting stories in "Grace Is Gone," and the one that sticks isn't the one that stars John Cusack. It's that old indie standby the road movie, this time pregnant with resentments and unbearable sadness. ... Full Review

Everything drags and sags, even scenes of desperate hilarity.....Some of these responses can make an effective movie....The whole movie is so understated and repressed, so blah....All I felt, during the climax, was blessed relief.... ... Full Review

Their reaction might very well determine whether "Grace Is Gone" would enjoy a well-promoted release or go the way of many a Sundance entry That is, he'd like to be in the mix for the awards that have eluded him thus far, and "Grace Is Gone" could represent a prime opportunity. ... Full Review

her instincts were right, "Grace is Gone" is a very, very good film.....that film did not grab me like "Grace.....Cusack's performance might be his best ever....Filmmaker James C. Strouse patiently allows the story to unfold, not as an anti-War film, but as something of a catharsis..... ... Full Review

"Grace is Gone" is a heart-wrenching drama about a young father (John Cusack) whose soldier wife has just been killed in Iraq. ... Full Review

the careful, compelling melodrama Grace Is Gone focuses on what happens when she does not return.....And this is, most subtly, Grace Is Gone 's abiding theme, the ways.... ... Full Review

Grace Is Gone" never once feels authentic, its every move calculated. Grace Is Gone" has one good thing going for it - an understanding of why people may cling to patriotism rather than face the idea of loved ones having died in vain - but a movie that uses a road trip to express a family's grief is suspect at best. ... Full Review