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Nearing Grace
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- Summary: The death of the matriarch removes the anchor of a suburban New Jersey family, letting each member drift into those swift-moving social currents.
- Director: Rick Rosenthal
- Genre(s): Drama
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80The 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.
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60There'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.
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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).
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58Scott 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.
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SteveF8The 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.
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