Grace Is Gone (2007)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.9/10   

Réalisateur:

James C. Strouse

Scénariste (WGA):

James C. Strouse (written by)

Release Date:

10 janvier 2008 (Israel)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.

Plot Keywords:

Daughter | Father | Trip | Amusement Park | Brother

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

John Cusack takes the cake

Ensemble

John Cusack	...	Stanley Phillips
Emily Churchill	...	First Woman
Rebecca Spence	...	Second Woman
Jennifer Tyler	...	Third Woman
Susan Messing	...	Fourth Woman
Shélan O'Keefe	...	Heidi Phillips
Gracie Bednarczyk	...	Dawn Phillips
Doug Dearth	...	Captain Riggs
Doug James	...	Chaplain Johnson
Alessandro Nivola	...	John Phillips
Zach Gray	...	Boy at Pool (as Zachary Gray)
Marisa Tomei	...	Woman at Pool
Penny Slusher	...	Ear Piercer
Dana Lynne Gilhooley	...	Grace Phillips
Mary Kay Place	...	Woman at Funeral

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material, brief strong language and teen smoking.

Durée:

85 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #43815) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Netherlands:6 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:13

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

725 9th Avenue, La Grange, Illinois, USA

Company:

Plum Pictures

Anecdotes:

The film was originally going to be directed by Rob Reiner, who dropped out during pre-production for unknown reasons. The film's writer, James C. Strouse, then took over directorial duties.

Goofs:

Continuity: when Stanley was holding his daughters on the shore scene he was putting his glasses on in the first shot, then in the next shot the glasses is gone.

Guillemet:

John Phillips: It's important that people have their own views based on an understanding of facts. But, it's also important not to trust the facts, because most of them are lies.
Heidi Phillips: I don't get it.
John Phillips: It basically comes down to a gut thing. You just have to be open to allowing for a truth which differs from your own opinions. Or else you'll never actually see the truth at all.

Movie Connections:

References "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Gimme Gimme

John Cusack takes the cake

John Cusack was excellent in this role. I saw a side of him that I never expected possible. His characters are usually intelligent and witty with sarcastic undertones, but this film shows a side of his versatility that has never surfaced before. He plays a father of two that is struggling to find a common ground. His military background leaves little commonality between himself and his daughters. The devastating loss of his wife, and the mother of his children force this character in a place that few have ever been. After an entire childhood of emotional absents, his children finally see the softer side of their father as he struggles to tell them of the untimely death of their mother. It was truly an emotional roller coaster.