Gracie's Choice

Name: Gracie's Choice
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004-01-12
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Kristen Bell, Diane Ladd, Shedrack Anderson III

TV Movie
2004
TV-PG
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

YOUR RATING

Anne Heche, Diane Ladd, Kristen Bell, Jack Armstrong, Brian Akins, and David Gibson McLean in Gracie's Choice (2004)

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Drama

A teenage girl tries to raise her three half-brothers and one half-sister on her own after their drug-addicted mother is sent to jail.A teenage girl tries to raise her three half-brothers and one half-sister on her own after their drug-addicted mother is sent to jail.A teenage girl tries to raise her three half-brothers and one half-sister on her own after their drug-addicted mother is sent to jail.

Director
- Peter Werner
Writers
- Rena Dictor Le Blanc
- Joyce Eliason
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Peter Werner
Writers
- Rena Dictor Le Blanc
- Joyce Eliason
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Trivia
Gracie's real name is Amy Waldroop

Goofs
When Gracie is at work filling out an application for a scholarship her hair is in a brown headband. When she is running up to the hospital after getting the phone call her hair is back in clips, one on each side. When she walks into the hospital room her hair is back in the headband again. This could be because they originally had her grandmother go to the hospital earlier in the story and they used the same running clip. Earlier in the story her hair was in the two clips.

Quotes
Gracie Thompson: C'mon boys, the judge only gave us five minutes to come up with a last name.
Ryan Walker: Hey, how about,
[sounding it out]
Ryan Walker: W-Wea-ther-ly? Because we've been through bad weather.

Connections
Featured in The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004)

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Wow! What an inspirational story!

I first saw this movie on the Lifetime Television network after hearing some good reviews and seeing previews. The plot follows Gracie(Kristen Bell), a 17 year old girl who deals with trying to keep her brothers from being taken away from her and put into foster homes due to her drug-addicted and often absent mother Rowena(Anne Heche). With stunning performances from both Bell and Heche as the daughter and mother duo the film has real edge. With the supporting cast including Diane Ladd, this television movie surpasses the stereotypes of a typical movie-of-the-week. I strongly recommend this movie to anyone who wants to be inspired by a true story set to the screen.