| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 1, 2007

Ends up more like a middling after-school special than an insightful look at family dynamics.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 22, 2007

[Actress Schroeder] gives Gracie a credibly rugged edge, building her into a mini-tower of blond ambition and almost rescuing the role from cliché. Almost, but not quite, not when burdened with a script so proudly rooted in uplift's trite traditions.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 22, 2007

It's a nice film and the Shue family, honestly, they should be proud of what they've done.

Full Review | Jun 18, 2007

Gracie is a gentle, easygoing picture -- it's not exactly dramatically gripping, but somehow, its spirit carries it through.

Full Review | Jun 4, 2007

There are some powerful moments (such as Elisabeth Shue, as Gracie's mother, giving a touching, unexpected speech about how she doesn't share her family's competitive spirit), and by its end Gracie earns its cheers.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 1, 2007

Everyone who made this movie had his or her heart in the right place, even though they got so much wrong.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 1, 2007

It's puzzling to watch someone present her own life in terms of cliché.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 1, 2007

A nicely confident Schroeder strides though the movie as if it's a masterpiece, and Mulroney is equally charismatic. But they can't quite save Gracie from feeling like a vanity project.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 1, 2007

With so much invested in this film, Gracie represents the culmination of a family dream, so you can't really blame it for wearing its heart on its sleeve.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 1, 2007

Gracie, a tale about a teen girl blazing trails in soccer, is worthy, but it's also formulaic to a fault.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 1, 2007

All the film's good intentions are still somewhat undercut by its corn content.

| Jun 1, 2007

She shoots, Gracie scores.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 1, 2007

A truly winning American soccer movie has yet to be made, but Gracie is good enough to play for a tie.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 1, 2007

It's a sweet and uplifting film, and though quite predictable, gives us a family drama that showcases simple truths about overcoming seemingly impossible odds and leaves you with a warm and very satisfying feeling deep down.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 1, 2007

Does Gracie work as a movie? Just close enough, and closer still for a young soccer player who may already know her sports movie clichés but also recognizes when they touch on something once and truly felt.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 1, 2007

A familiar underdog story told with unusual sensitivity, Davis Guggenheim's Gracie depicts the obstacles faced by a young girl who dreams of playing on her high school soccer team.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 1, 2007

Still, I liked this movie. Schroeder is excellent, while veteran Mulroney is even better.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 31, 2007