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Summary: A Wonderful Movie.
Review: 'Grace of My Heart' was a wonderful movie, with a poigniant message. It chronicals the life of Edna (Illeana Douglas) through the music that she writes. Illeana Douglas gives a stirring performance, she seems to age along with the character, as if the movie had actually been made over 12 years (the amount of time the movie covers). John Turturro masters his role as Joel, to the point of making you forget he is the same man who played chess in 'The Luhzin Defence' or stuttered on television in 'Quiz Show'. Matt Dillon also creates an unforgetable character. Grace of My Heart makes you feel all of the right emotions you can feel in a movie: joy, sadness, shock, humor, suspense and also feel content. Its realism is surprising, while its ideal-worldishness is masterful. It blends the shock of the real world with a utopian zest that very few movies can gracefully achieve. A superbly done movie, that I recommend to everyone that has ever had a dream, and strived for it.
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Summary: A Touching Tribute!
Review: A warm and funny tribute to a turbulent time in music. The score and soundtrack alone are worth the price of admission. Elvis and Burt did an amazing job, and God Give Me Strength is maybe one of the best songs to ever come from a film! A little corny at times, but in just the right quantity to keep this film honest. Definately worth watching more than once, the lead characters do justice to their roles.
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Summary: THIS MOVIE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT...
Review: but it isn't. It's a dull collection of the loves and songs of a woman songwriter spanning a couple of decades of musical history. The very beginning (the fitting/contest) is great, but then it quickly let me down. It's never involving; and I just felt embarrrassed for Matt Dillon as the Brian Wilson-like character. Illeana Douglas does a great job, it's to bad she didn't have a better story.
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Summary: Grace of My Heart
Review: Excellent movie, with a cast that fit their parts exceptionally. Illeana Douglas was excellent. I wish I could have played her part. I enjoyed the movie so much that I have watched it over and over, plus I purchased the movie soundtrack. I can't get enough of it. I grew up listening to Motown, and the sweet ballads of the 60's and 70's, so this was right up my alley. Two thumbs up to Allison Anders. At first, I had a hard time determining if this was a true story or not, it was put together so well. Having family who were part of the show business world since the 20's, I was so pleased with a story I felt I could truly relate to, though the story is not my own...though I wish it was.
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Summary: Why do I like this so much?
Review: First off, I wouldn't normally consider myself a fan of life-affirming womens' stories. I'm supposed to be a spiky intellectual male-type-person. I don't like this kind of music; I prefer loud guitars, anything from the Second Viennese School, atonal improvisation and hip-hop. This film should by rights make me gag. And yet, it's so well-written and so beautifully acted that it taps in me some suppressed vein of shameless emotionalism. Ileanna Douglas is brilliant as the geeky songwriter who matures into a sadder and wiser Earth Mother, following various more or less catastrophic relationships with oppressive men. John Turturro is the producer with a very strange beard who keeps a sort-of-brotherly eye out for her. Bridget Fonda has a lovely cameo as the teen idol with the guilty secret. Even Patsy Kensit is good, for crying out loud. There's a scene near the end where Turturro confronts Douglas that gets me as near to crying as I ever get about something fictional, and that's saying a lot. Douglas's singing voice is dubbed by Kristen Vigard, whoever she is, and full marks to her. It's not going to make me go out and buy a Carole King CD, but it's a gem of a movie.
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Summary: Why do I like this so much?
Review: First off, I wouldn't normally consider myself a fan of life-affirming womens' stories. I'm supposed to be a spiky intellectual male-type-person. I don't like this kind of music; I prefer loud guitars, anything from the Second Viennese School, atonal improvisation and hip-hop. This film should by rights make me gag. And yet, it's so well-written and so beautifully acted that it taps in me some suppressed vein of shameless emotionalism. Ileanna Douglas is brilliant as the geeky songwriter who matures into a sadder and wiser Earth Mother, following various more or less catastrophic relationships with oppressive men. John Turturro is the producer with a very strange beard who keeps a sort-of-brotherly eye out for her. Bridget Fonda has a lovely cameo as the teen idol with the guilty secret. Even Patsy Kensit is good, for crying out loud. There's a scene near the end where Turturro confronts Douglas that gets me as near to crying as I ever get about something fictional, and that's saying a lot. Douglas's singing voice is dubbed by Kristen Vigard, whoever she is, and full marks to her. It's not going to make me go out and buy a Carole King CD, but it's a gem of a movie.
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Summary: Uplifting
Review: Grace Of My Heart is an all over feel good movie. The character Denise Waverly is an inspiration. Her story, triumphs, pain, and songs are a reminder that life is too short to not live it to the fullest, and to never give up. "God Give Me Strength" indeed ! The music in this movie is brilliant and perfect. Hats off to Karyn Ratchman! I saw this movie and bought the soundtrack and my own copy the next day.
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Summary: An excellent movie for all ages!!!
Review: Grace Of My Heart is one of the best movies around. At the age of 15 you would think that I would be a big fan of Titanic and other way to overated movies but Grace of My Heart had a way more intresting theme to me.It taught me a lot of things about life in general. Something that Titanic could never do in a lifetime. Grace of My Heart should have got more credit than it did. If any teenagers are reading this please don't miss the oppurtunity of watching this movie. It will change your perspective on a lot of things in life. It is a wonderful movie that I hope one day my children can enjoy.
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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE
Review: I love this movie so much that for x-mas I bought my dad the soundtrack and the movie. It is great You will love it
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Summary: Good cast, good story
Review: I picked this movie up on a whim, and I really enjoyed the story about the rise and fall of the Brill Building songwriters. I especially enjoyed the chemistry between Douglas and Matt Dillon, and the stellar performance by John Turturro. He is on my list of overrated actors. The only thing I didn't like was the editing. At times, it could be very choppy and you could tell which scenes were being cut.
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