Rotten
It's too bad that Gracie's story seems bent on staying on the surface of such familiar turf, rather than digging deeper to reveal what propels her.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Overview
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
Director and cast
- Davis Guggenheim Director
- Jesse Soffer as Johnny Bowen
- Christopher Shand as Kyle Rhodes
- Carly Schroeder as Grace Bowen
- Jesse Lee Soffer as Johnny Bowen
- Karl Girolamo as Curt
- Vasilios Mantagas as Craig
- Donny Gray as Donny
- Dermot Mulroney as Bryan Bowen
- Hunter Schroeder as Mike Bowen
- Trevor Heins as Daniel Bowen
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Ends up more like a middling after-school special than an insightful look at family dynamics.
Malene Arpe, Toronto Star
Rotten
[Actress Schroeder] gives Gracie a credibly rugged edge, building her into a mini-tower of blond ambition and almost rescuing the role from cliche. Almost, but not quite, not when burdened with a script so proudly rooted in uplift's trite traditions.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
It's a nice film and the Shue family, honestly, they should be proud of what they've done.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Gracie is a gentle, easygoing picture -- it's not exactly dramatically gripping, but somehow, its spirit carries it through.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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