Nearing Grace

Name: Nearing Grace
Genre: Drama
Released: October 13, 2006
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 62

2006

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Whitewater Films | Release Date: October 13, 2006 | R

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

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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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

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

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

This intimate coming-of-age story benefits from excellent performances, notably Gregory Smith's. Read full review

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

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

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

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

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SteveF

Oct 23, 2006

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.

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