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Running for Grace

Running for Grace

Family · Romance · 2018

An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On an errand, the medicine runner meets the daughter of the plantation owner and a forbidden, young love blossoms like the white "Kona Snow" of the surrounding coffee trees.

Movie details

Running for Grace

“Love is worth going the distance”

2018 Family · Romance 1h 50m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.1 / 10

1.9K votes

TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On an errand, the medicine runner meets the daughter of the plantation owner and a forbidden, young love blossoms like the white "Kona Snow" of the surrounding coffee trees.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Running for Grace?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David L. Cunningham

Written by

Christian Parkes · David L. Cunningham

Ryan Potter

Ryan Potter

Jo

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

Doc

Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel

Reyes

Olivia Ritchie

Olivia Ritchie

Grace

Juliet Mills

Juliet Mills

Grandmother

Nick Boraine

Nick Boraine

Danielson

Stelio Savante

Stelio Savante

Mayor

Court is in session

Put Running for Grace on trial.

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

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

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

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

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