Gracie (2007)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Davis Guggenheim

Writers (WGA):

Lisa Marie Petersen (screenplay) and
Karen Janszen (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Inspired by one family's real story

Plot:

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

Plot Keywords:

Soccer | New Jersey | Father Son Relationship | 1970s | Father Daughter Relationship

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Jesse Lee Soffer	...	Johnny Bowen
Christopher Shand	...	Kyle Rhodes
Carly Schroeder	...	Grace Bowen
Karl Girolamo	...	Curt
Vasilios Mantagas	...	Craig
Donny Gray	...	Donny
Emma Bell	...	Kate Dorset
Dermot Mulroney	...	Bryan Bowen
Hunter Schroeder	...	Mike Bowen
Trevor Heins	...	Daniel Bowen
Josh Caras	...	Peter Wicker (as Joshua Caras)
Elisabeth Shue	...	Lindsay Bowen
Madison Arnold	...	Granddad
John Doman	...	Coach Colasanti
Andrew Shue	...	Coach Owen Clark

Also Known As:

Finding Gracie (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief sexual content.

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Alpine, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Elevation Filmworks

Trivia:

The school and town where 'Gracie' was filmed is the same place where Elisabeth Shue grew up and went to school.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Players are not allowed to initially set their own penalty kicks. The referee must set it first after measuring it off from the goal line and then the player may reset it in the same spot.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)

Soundtrack:

Bad Intensions

i thought it was entertaining

i enjoyed this movie.i thought it was pretty good from an entertainment point of view.however,i didn't fee it was very inspirational and for me,it didn't have the impact that many of the movies of the genre have.i didn't find anything profound about it.i think it may be loosely inspired by real events,which could mean anything as far as movies go.i could not really get into it beyond a superficial level.i'm not sure why.maybe it's because i'm not a real soccer fan.having said that,it was well acted,and well paced.it certainly wasn't boring,by any means.the songs they chose for the movie were also really good.i would probably watch this movie again down the road,though,because as i said,it's enjoyable as entertainment.for me,Gracie is a 7/10