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- 2012
- R
- New Films Cinema
- 1 h 56 m
- 2012
- R
- New Films Cinema
- 1 h 56 m
Summary In a 1950s-era Missouri town the lives of a couple are thrown into turmoil when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Directed By: Connie Stevens
Written By: Jeffry Elison, Connie Stevens
- 2012
- R
- New Films Cinema
- 1 h 56 m
- 2012
- R
- New Films Cinema
- 1 h 56 m
Saving Grace B. Jones
24
3.7
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Summary In a 1950s-era Missouri town the lives of a couple are thrown into turmoil when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Directed By: Connie Stevens
Written By: Jeffry Elison, Connie Stevens
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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33% Mixed
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2 Reviews
67% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
24
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
67% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
At its most straightforward, the film is an effective drama about a 10-year-old city girl's eye-opening summer in the rural Midwest.
The film packs in more characters, subplots, and moments of nostalgic detail than it can gracefully accommodate, and the pacing often feels rushed.
Most of what Stevens has concocted here is hard to take, notably the characters' curious relationship with the rain that threatens to drown Missouri, and serves as a soggy metaphor. Sometimes it only rains in half the frame; sometimes people coming out of downpours are wet, sometimes they're not; sometimes they're wet and it's not raining.
Making her feature directorial debut at the tender age of 70, veteran actress Connie Stevens delivers an obviously heartfelt but sadly unfocused melodrama in the form of Saving Grace B. Jones.
Ms. O'Neal's Grace is a fluttery Blanche DuBois type who transforms into a ranting madwoman wreaking havoc. Instead of an ax, she wields scissors. From here on, the movie is a grotesquely overacted, ineptly staged screamfest.
This cumbersome and graceless 1950s-set period drama possesses the reactionary life insights and amateurish production values of a Lifetime soap.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
3.7
17% Positive
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
3.7
17% Positive
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33% Mixed
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50% Negative
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