Review - Gracie
GRACIE [PG-13]
“Life is like a shit sandwich,” says Elisabeth Shue to her young co-star Carly Schroeder, “and everyone gets to take a bite.” The year is 1978, and women, though officially equal to men, are still relegated to eating it on the b-team in a male dominated society. Schroeder, as Shue proxy Grace Bowen, attempts to bridge that gender gap by playing on a competitive male soccer team as a means of honoring her late brother. The film, based around the lives of co-stars Elizabeth and Andrew Shue, follows Gracie and her family as they attempt to deal with the pain of losing one of their own so tragically. Gracie’s father, played with conviction by Dermot Mulroney (Georgia Rule), internalizes his grief, shutting himself off from his family emotionally. Initially unwilling to train his daughter, her steadfast determination eventually wins him over, and the audience is treated to an obligatory […]
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