Gracie

'Gracie' is a movie about a girl who gets on the varsity boys soccer team after her brother, Johnny Bowen (Jesse Lee Soffer) who was the team star, dies in a car accident. Based on an experience of the Shue... Read more at imdb.com

GRACIE (2007) *** Carly Schroeder, Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Shue, Christopher Shand, Hunter Schroeder, Trevor Heins, Josh Barclay Caras, John Doman, Andrew Shue, Julia Garro, Jesse Lee Soffer. Formulaic yet well-produced sports-themed drama about a young girl (Schroeder in an exemplary... Read more at imdb.com

I watched this movie out of pure boredom, thinking it was some fluffy family friendly movie - but it was actually dark and engrossing. The cover art for this movie really gives the wrong impression - the sunshine on the... Read more at imdb.com

This movie is inspired by (and thus LOOSELY based) on producer/actress Elisabeth Shue's life. So coming from the fact its producers are actual soccer players, I wanted to love it. I didn't love it, but I did like it.While this... Read more at imdb.com

Watching this movie, I began to go through my own experience in soccer. I remember playing on the basketball court with my friends. I also remembered in Primary 5, I was in the soccer team, and Vishnu, our striker, my... Read more at imdb.com

Judging by the trailers you know this movie is going to be a tearjerker. It did not let down. They did not though dwell on certain subjects forever meaning the story progressed and in doing so kept you locked and... Read more at imdb.com

Carly Schroeder has made, with this little film, perhaps the most pure-hearted big screen debut I've ever seen. The only other movie I can think of to rival this is "Whale Rider" and Keisha Castle-Hughes performance. But I really think... Read more at imdb.com

Gracie is a great, family film. Gracie is played beautifully by Carly Shroeder as a girl surround by three soccer-playing brothers, Johnny, Mike, and Dan. The film opens as her brother has her kick a soccer ball barefoot to hit... Read more at imdb.com

As the father of a daughter, I am always looking for the kind of film that matter-of-factly informs girls that, through desire and plain hard work, you can achieve your goals. That is a common, obvious message, but ask yourself... Read more at imdb.com

I saw this film on May 9th, 2007 in Indianapolis. I am one of the judges for the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award. A Truly Moving Picture "…explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for... Read more at imdb.com

Gracie's would-be male teammates resent her presence and foul her brutally. Davis was interested in doing something on Will when he was alive-because Will had this wonderful underdog spirit-and told Andrew, `One of the underdogs in your family was your sister, and you could tell both those stories: What it's like to lose someone you love, and what it was like to be (Elisabeth) in the family. ... Full Review

The movie is at once treacly, heartfelt, and, in the soccer scenes at least, hard-hitting. Introduced at a moment when her vaunted older brother Johnny (Jesse Lee Soffer) is encouraging her to perform a soccer stunt, Gracie is at once shy and spectacular. ... Full Review

The movie is also decidedly unsentimental, yet still manages to be poignant and emotionally resonant. Gracie is also stifled by her father, who doesn't think she's tough enoughor good enoughto play with the big boys. ... Full Review

The first big scene in "Gracie" distills the prejudices of the day (they're still around, of course) for us in sports-movie shorthand. The script of "Gracie" is pretty routine stuff, it must be said, telegraphing Grace's setbacks like nobody's business. ... Full Review

Gracie could be a terrific soccer player herself, but her father is so focused on Johnny that he barely acknowledges her existence. He and his wife, Lindsay (Elisabeth Shue), have two younger sons as well, little squirts who tease Gracie mercilessly and stupidly: This is clearly a household where the boys have crowned themselves king, and the womenfolk haven't bothered to object -- at least not yet. ... Full Review

I try to pride myself on never being a fool for formula, for maintaining my critical composure and integrity at all times, and never falling victim to tired Hollywood clichs. ... Full Article

Reviewer: Anonymous Date: October 13, 2007 I say: Painful to watch....SO glad when it was finally over!...I read other reviews of Gracie and was pre-warned about the sexually suggestive scenes -- fastforwarded right through them with my 12-year-old daughter. ... Full Article

(out of 4) Directed by Davis Guggenheim.Written by Lisa Marie Petersen and Karen Janszen.Starring Dermot Mulroney, Carly Schroeder, Elisabeth Shue.92 minutes.At major theatres. ... Full Article

If you competed in high school athletics, you might be able to overlook the fact that "Gracie" is just another formulaic, if well-intentioned, sports movie. ... Full Article

"Amazing," says the girl who plays Gracie.Carly Schroeder says it a lot and genuinely means it."Playing soccer in the middle of Venice with (actor) Andrew Shue was amazing," gushed the 16-year-old actress. ... Full Article