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Grace Is Gone

Grace Is Gone

Drama · 2007

Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.

Movie details

Grace Is Gone

“A story about one father's love and courage”

2007 Drama 1h 25m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.7 / 10

9.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

63 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

65 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

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Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jim Strouse

Written by

Jim Strouse

John Cusack

John Cusack

Stanley Philipps

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

John Philipps

Gracie Bednarczyk

Gracie Bednarczyk

Dawn Philipps

Shélan O'Keefe

Shélan O'Keefe

Heidi Philipps

Doug Dearth

Doug Dearth

Captain Riggs

D

Doug James

Chaplain Johnson

Emily Churchill

Emily Churchill

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Court is in session

Put Grace Is Gone on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.