The directorial debut of screenwriter James C. Strouse, "Grace Is Gone" is an emotionally rich and satisfying drama featuring a terrifically understated performance from John Cusack. In a year that has seen wave after wave of films addressing the war in Iraq with varying degrees of anger and frustration, "Grace" serves as a gently thoughtful coda and reminder of what continues. Read Crust's entire review of Grace is GoneSynopsis: Stanley Phillips (John Cusack) receives the kind of news that every spouse of a soldier dreads: His wife, Grace, has been killed in Iraq. He must find a way to break the news to his two young daughters, Heidi (Shélan O'Keefe) and Dawn (Gracie Bednarczyk), but cannot bring himself to do it. Stanley takes the girls on a road trip to Florida, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.
Grace Is Gone
Opened December 7, 2007 Runtime: 1 hr. 25 min.
PG-13
Director: James C. Strouse
Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama
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