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Gracie (2007)

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | May 30, 2007

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

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Details Release Date: Jun 01, 2007; Rated: PG-13; Length: 90 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Carly Schroeder, Andrew Shue and Elisabeth Shue

Image credit: K.C. Bailey

SOCCER SHUE In Gracie, Schroeder (pictured with Dermot Mulroney) is a goal-oriented girl trying to win a place on a boys' soccer team in 1978, based on a true story

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In 1978, a high school girl playing competitive soccer wasn't just novel — it was barely heard of. This amiable rouser, based on the experiences of Elisabeth Shue and her family (Shue was one of the producers), tries to convey how gutsy and role-smashing it is for Heather Graham-cute Gracie (Carly Schroeder) to cleat her way onto an all-boys soccer team. So why is Gracie as processed as an after-school special? You miss the knockabout edge of Bend It Like Beckham — though the ending, in its Pavlovian sports-flick way, pumps you up. C

Originally posted May 30, 2007 Published in issue #938 Jun 08, 2007 Order article reprints

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