Gracie's Choice
by Peter Werner (III)
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Actor: Anne Heche, Diane Ladd, Kristen Bell, Roberta Maxwell, Shedrack Anderson IIIDirector: Peter Werner (III)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lifetime
Movie Reviews of Gracie's Choice
Movie Review: I was born in hell (4.5)
Summary: 4 Stars
Ah, Lifetime. Every man's kryptonite. Normally, I'd never, ever, admit to watching, much less purchasing, something with Lifetime's name on it. Then I found out Kristen Bell was in one of their original movies.
Gracie's Choice follows, here's a shocker, Gracie Thompson. Gracie is a sixteen year old--or seventeen, there's some grey areas--whose mom is a drug addict who swears, everytime she's busted, that she's never doing it again. Her grandmother still believes her daughter (Gracie's mom) can change so she gives her chance after chance. And we can't forget Gracie's three brothers and sister, all of which have different dads. Due to turbulent times, and not wanting her family--well, the kids at least--to go through what she did, Gracie decides to do something about it. Balancing school, a job, and having three brothers depend solely on her, can she handle it?
There's nothing new to this movie. Once you see Lifetime's name plastered on the cover you know that there's going to be a woman abused (Gracie gets hit by one of her mother's many different boyfriends), and a heartwarming ending that you know is coming, but it still makes you smile. Even with this being a true story, there's other movies based on true stories exactly like this, and a majority of those are probably made by Lifetime at that. All that being said, Gracie's Choice is great.
It's easily admitted that Kristen Bell is the reason this movie is so good. She, singlehandedly, makes anything she's in watchable (just look at the godawful Roman). Diane Ladd as Gracie's grandma has a noteworthy performance as well. Anne Heche is good, but she tends to overact in a few parts throughout this film. Then you have the obligatory children. I'm not a huge fan of kids playing big parts in movies and while this movie only proves my reasoning, they do their job.
Guys won't watch this movie, plain and simple. Unless you're a huge fan of Kristen Bell, such as myself, guys probably will never know this movie has even been made. So, if you're a woman in search of a feel good movie, Gracie's Choice is right up your alley.
Summary of Gracie's Choice
Gracie Thompson hasn't been so much brought up as dragged through life by her manipulative, drug-addled mother. Missing meals, dodging cops and landlords, changing schools the way most kids change socks, Gracie and her sister and brothers, each the product of a different dead-beat dad, seem to have hit the skids. Then Gracie makes a choice to get a job, succeed in school, find stability. And her choice isn't just for herself. At the age of 17, she decides to be the mother, emotionally and legally, her siblings never had.Drama DVD Video
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