Grace of My Heart

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Summary: One of my favorites
Review: I was intrigued by the various storylines and how they all worked together around the main character. As much as you wanted to sometimes smack the males in the movie, the story turned and at times you could feel their pain and have sympathetic feelings for them. I definetly choose this as one of my top 5 favs!

Rating:
Summary: Fair, not great
Review: It's perhaps me, but I couldn't get past the fact that just about every major character was based upon a real life player in the Brill Building/60s pop music era. And I could not reconcile Carole King ending up with Brian Wilson, or Phil Spector trying to dance. Had the characters been truly original we may have had a great story here. The music is certainly strong enough. God Give Me Strength is about as stirring a song as has ever been written for a movie. I'd rather give the movie 2 1/2 stars, but I'm forced to round up.

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Summary: This Movie Pulls at My Heart!
Review: My twenty something daughter & I both love this movie. It was the first time I had seen Illeana Douglas & John Turturro in a movie, & I loved them both. I've found since then that John Turturro is a chameleon, changing physically with each character. I'll never forget Illeana D. in this role--like one of your reviewers said, it's hard to believe she wasn't singing the songs. I loved the music of all the groups in this movie--wish all of the songs were included on the music cd. The girl who sings "God Give Me Strength" was fantastic! As were all singers in this movie. Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, & Bruce Davison were excellent, as always. Christina Pickles & Bridget Fonda were great in their small parts, also as usual. I was disappointed that Leonard Maltin gave this movie only 2 1/2 stars, but he does that for a lot of movies that I like. I watched this movie at late night on HBO or some cable channel about two years ago, & became addicted to it, & guess I also infected my daughter. I have ordered a dvd for both of us for Xmas--am looking forward to seeing all the extras. I thought that Edna served as a symbol of the growth of rock music from the early sixties through the eighties. Also, it showed the treatment of a woman in this industry, although probably not as really hard as it was. And, it showed the relationship struggles that real women go through every day. But, it was the music that makes this movie so great for me, & the portrayal of this music & the music business by the great actors.

Rating:
Summary: This Movie Pulls at My Heart!
Review: My twenty something daughter & I both love this movie. It was the first time I had seen Illeana Douglas & John Turturro in a movie, & I loved them both. I've found since then that John Turturro is a chameleon, changing physically with each character. I'll never forget Illeana D. in this role--like one of your reviewers said, it's hard to believe she wasn't singing the songs. I loved the music of all the groups in this movie--wish all of the songs were included on the music cd. The girl who sings "God Give Me Strength" was fantastic! As were all singers in this movie. Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, & Bruce Davison were excellent, as always. Christina Pickles & Bridget Fonda were great in their small parts, also as usual. I was disappointed that Leonard Maltin gave this movie only 2 1/2 stars, but he does that for a lot of movies that I like. I watched this movie at late night on HBO or some cable channel about two years ago, & became addicted to it, & guess I also infected my daughter. I have ordered a dvd for both of us for Xmas--am looking forward to seeing all the extras. I thought that Edna served as a symbol of the growth of rock music from the early sixties through the eighties. Also, it showed the treatment of a woman in this industry, although probably not as really hard as it was. And, it showed the relationship struggles that real women go through every day. But, it was the music that makes this movie so great for me, & the portrayal of this music & the music business by the great actors.

Rating:
Summary: This Movie Pulls at My Heart!
Review: My twenty something daughter & I both love this movie. It was the first time I had seen Illeana Douglas & John Turturro in a movie, & I loved them both. I've found since then that John Turturro is a chameleon, changing physically with each character. I'll never forget Illeana D. in this role--like one of your reviewers said, it's hard to believe she wasn't singing the songs. I loved the music of all the groups in this movie--wish all of the songs were included on the music cd. The girl who sings "God Give Me Strength" was fantastic! As were all singers in this movie. Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, & Bruce Davison were excellent, as always. Christina Pickles & Bridget Fonda were great in their small parts, also as usual. I was disappointed that Leonard Maltin gave this movie only 2 1/2 stars, but he does that for a lot of movies that I like. I watched this movie at late night on HBO or some cable channel about two years ago, & became addicted to it, & guess I also infected my daughter. I have ordered a dvd for both of us for Xmas--am looking forward to seeing all the extras. I thought that Edna served as a symbol of the growth of rock music from the early sixties through the eighties. Also, it showed the treatment of a woman in this industry, although probably not as really hard as it was. And, it showed the relationship struggles that real women go through every day. But, it was the music that makes this movie so great for me, & the portrayal of this music & the music business by the great actors.

Rating:
Summary: If you like OAK furniture
Review: The reason I mention OAK, is that all the performances are wooden. I never thought I'd see John Turturro and Matt Dillon in a STINKER (I was wrong - and their acting STINKS too, thanks to Allison Anders). Allison Anders (Dir.) should be sent back to film school and when she gets out, only be allowed to be a "gofer".
How Martin Scorsese EVER agreed to put his name behind this tripe is beyond me!
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach must have gone to the Songwriters Nursery School for this rot.
Illena Douglass should be planted in the ground and studied in botany class to see if she could produce a denser wood than her performance (which is NOT AT ALL POSSIBLE!).
You want GOOD music movies? Try, "That Thing You Do", "Victor/Victoria", "The Music Man", "The Commitments".

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Summary: Nostalgia Mixed With A Creative Story Line & Original Music
Review: The song and movie tile, of the same name, is an endearing reminder of the changes in the times and music throughout the 60s and 70s. From the nostalgiac clothing to the "coincidental" familiarity to the real names of the period, this is like coming home to a baby boomer.

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Summary: I simply loved it. Thats all.
Review: The story touched me. I dont know why, but it did. I went to de USA last month with the idea of getting the sound track. And I did. I've found it in Tower Records in New Orleans. My disapointment was grate when I realised that the song "Hey There !" was not included. Next time I will get the DVD version. But I will be very happy if I can found that song at any place in Internet.I don't even know who is the performer. If somebody knows something about it I beg You to send me an Email. Thank You in advance.

Rating:
Summary: Grace of My Heat
Review: This is fantastic Go out and buy this DVD Its worth every cent. The life, the loves, the ups and downs of a songrwiter who wants to sing her own songs are depicted here. The Music & the actiing all shine. I don't want to say anymore just watch it and make up your own mind. The movie is set against one of America's most turbulant periods in the music industry. The times were really changing. This flick takes a page from every aspiring musicians life. The road to greatness is difficult but if you hang in there by the frace of God and if you are good at what you do your dreams really can come true provided of course you learn to avoid some of the pitfalls along the way.

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Summary: A wonderful undiscovered gem of a movie
Review: This movie is beautiful and touching and amazing. The only part that bothers me is that more people don't know about it. I tell everyone I know to watch this movie. Illeana Douglas is one of my favorite actresses and the cast is first rate. Matt Dillon , Eric Stoltz, Bridget Fonda....the list goes on. The music while not superb, was a great comical send-up to the genres of the time and some of the songs were actually quite good. I highly recommend watching this movie.