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Nearing Grace

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Based on 1 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Jacob Aaron Estes
Scott Sommer (novel)
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 13, 2006
Running Time: 105 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for drug use, language and sexual content
Starring Gregory Smith, David Morse, Jordana Brewster, Ashley Johnson, David Moscow, Chad Faust, Brian Doyle-Murray, and Sharon Lawrence
The death of the matriarch removes the anchor of a suburban New Jersey family, letting each member drift into those swift-moving social currents.
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What The Critics Said
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Los Angeles Times Michael Ordona
This film is smart, funny and, thanks in no small part to David Geddes' cinematography, it occasionally approaches the poetic.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Scott Foundas
The actors are superb -- especially Smith, who exudes some of the live-wire charisma of the young Sean Penn in Rosenthal's "Bad Boys," and the smoldering Brewster.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
This intimate coming-of-age story benefits from excellent performances, notably Gregory Smith's.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
The richness of the characters and themes in Nearing Grace inspire director Rick Rosenthal and his cast to create a film with terrific emotional energy and larkish humor.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
The performances by Smith, Brewster and veteran David Morse, as a morbidly depressed widower, elevate Nearing Grace to something near grace.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Luke Y. Thompson
This '70s-era teen romance from the director of "Halloween II" and the screenwriter of "Mean Creek" is a quietly effective number, a little like an '80s John Hughes movie without the laughs (not an insult in this case).
Read Full Review >The New York Times Laura Kern
There's nothing remotely surprising in the entire film. But the generally winning -- and freakishly good-looking -- cast, endowed by Jacob Aaron Estes's script with intelligent, if occasionally overwritten dialogue, makes for viewing that is easy on the eyes and the ears.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Scott Sommer's late-1970s coming-of-age novel, with little of the vivid specificity of "Mean Creek," even though the two share a screenwriter and a producer.
Read Full Review >Variety Robert Koehler
Without Smith's graceful presence, which more than once resembles Zach Braff's slightly older but observant New Jerseyite in "Garden State," Nearing Grace would be pure video fodder.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White
A coming-of-age movie in which nobody comes of age.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan
The sort of movie that makes you feel like a heel for not liking it: Independently made and heartfelt, it also happens to have been shot in Portland. Nonetheless, the accumulation of cliches big and small manage to erase whatever goodwill its other features have engendered.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Steve F gave it an8:
The casting is superb with amazing performances by all the actors. The story is well constructed but drags in a few places. All in all a good film.
