Gracie is a movie about a teenage girl, Gracie Bowen, in the late 1970s who can play soccer or football just as well or better than her brothers. In this film which is loosely based on Elisabeth Shue who plays the mother and school nurse's own life, the film is very Disney without the Disney quality. There is only one curse word and it's not one of the bad ones used twice. There are few scenes where she is kissing a boy and a guy in the car down the shore before her father catches her. The film was filmed on location in Northern Jersey like South Orange where Elisabeth and Andrew Shue were raised and Maplewood. The story about Gracie Bowen has lessons to teach and inspire today. It's a shame that it's rated PG-13 because I think schools should show this movie. It's not really driven by cliches.

Gracie is a movie that you can watch with your family too. The story of a teenage girl who loves the game of football/soccer and who decides to carry on her older brother, Johnny's legacy. He was the star athlete in the family and the two had close bond. I think Elisabeth Shue and Dermot Mulroney are perfectly casted and suited in the roles of the parents that they are very believable. The Bowens are a working class family. He works for a moving company but loves the game and was a star athlete. He cares for his elderly father who lives with them and Gracie's two younger brother.

Gracie has to compete and prove herself time and time again against the star athlete who wants her and does everything possible to make it difficult for her to fill her brother's place. Her best female friend who is terrified that her affiliation with Gracie will label her as an outcast and her best male friend who doesn't know what he has until it's gone.

I was one of the lucky people to see this film in the movie theatre maybe because I wanted to see what they filmed in New Jersey. I thought it was charming and worth watching again even for television or in the classroom. This film could have been a huge hit if it wasn't the rating. A lower rating and more publicity could have made this film a sleeper hit.

Regardless watch the credits until the end, you will understand why Elisabeth Shue is who she is today in part thanks to playing the game. The star, Carly Shroeder, does an excellent job without being over the top as Gracie. Andrew Shue plays a coach in the film too.

Watched it with the family- loved it! There are a few scenes where we chose to cover my 10-year olds eyes-- teenage kissing, promiscuity, smoking... but a great inspirational story, especially for soccer girls (and boys). In my opininon, best suited for age 12 and up.

Gracie, a strong, determined, athletic 15 year old who loves soccer and is determined to play. This movie shows how the family deals with the loss of Johnny, the 17 yr old soccer star. Bryan, the father (D. Mulroney), immersed in his own grief, eventually uses his love of soccer as the only way he knows to reach his daughter, Gracie, who is starting toward destructive behavior in her efforts to deal with the loss of her brother, also her best friend. Johnny encouraged Gracie in soccer and had a lot of confidence in her skills. The movie also shows a lot about soccer skills that Gracie develops under the watchful eye of her father who becomes her coach. The whole family is involved. The music is very repersentative of the time including two Bruce Springteen songs that he allowed as it takes place in NJ, his home state. I love it...all of it.

When high school soccer star Johnny Bowen is killed in a car crash, his grieving kid sister vows to keep his memory alive by taking his place on the team. But first Gracie will have to overcome the strenuous objections of both the coach and her own misogynistic father to her plan.

Although it has many of the hallmarks of a Lifetime Original Movie - souped-up gender conflict, an overdose of sentimental uplift, and a plucky, inspirational heroine at its core - "Gracie," which is set in late 1970's New Jersey, transcends many of its stereotypes and cliches through heartfelt performances, unpretentious writing and earnest direction.

Carly Schroeder has grit and charm to spare as the indomitable Gracie, while Dermot Mulroney and Elizabeth Shue acquit themselves nicely as her ultimately supportive parents.

It`s true that "Gracie" provides us with nothing we haven't seen a thousand times before - from "The Karate Kid" to "Bend it Like Beckham" - but inspirational-sports-movie fans should still find themselves cheering on this latest underdog story.

"Gracie" is not just another feel good `underdog' film! It is the true story of the Shue family (Elizabeth Shue and brother, Andrew, are both in the film) that touched me more deeply once I learned this fact. A young girl is desperate for the love of her father, who dotes on his athletic boys as he coaches them to play soccer. When Gracie's soccer-star brother is killed in a tragic accident, she becomes determined to try out for the boys' soccer team and asks her father for help.

This is an incredible movie that will not disappoint any viewer!