Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jesse Lee Soffer | ... | Johnny Bowen | |
Christopher Shand | ... | Kyle Rhodes | |
Carly Schroeder | ... | Grace Bowen | |
Karl Girolamo | ... | Curt | |
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Vasilios Mantagas | ... | Craig |
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Donny Gray | ... | Donny |
Emma Bell | ... | Kate Dorset | |
Dermot Mulroney | ... | Bryan Bowen | |
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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 |
This is the story of a teenager named Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly practices, she is discouraged by everyone except her elder brother, Johnny. Her father does not believe that girls should play soccer and tells her that she is neither tough enough nor talented enough to play with the boys team. Undeterred, Gracie finds reserves of strength she never knew existed, and persists in changing everyone's beliefs in what she is capable of, including her own. She faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer. But as the beautiful and strong person that she has always been but she also brings her family together in the face of their own tragedy. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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