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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThere's a reason the underdog sports formula is followed over and over: When it's executed as skillfully as it is here, the damned thing works every time.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldA familiar but rewarding little parable.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFor all its faults, Gracie is made with enough grace to get us rooting for the protagonist.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDermot Mulroney takes the largest male role, that of the driven ex-soccer star and patriarch of the onscreen family. From certain angles he looks like a Shue too.
- 60Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonDirected by Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth"), the movie is heavy on hokum but easy to like, thanks to the spunky Schroeder.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenFor all the personal ties to the material, the film too often reaches for broad-strokes inspiration in a way that feels generic.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceFiring on all formulaic cylinders, Gracie is heavy with tidy meaning and mealy morality; the most dubious idea here is that if you don't let a girl play soccer, she just may turn to cigarettes, halter tops, and sex with the starting forward
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonModestly engaging but thoroughly predictable.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanYou miss the knockabout edge of "Bend It Like Beckham" -- though the ending, in its Pavlovian sports-flick way, pumps you up.
- 40Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleThere's a lot of angry prejudice toward women playing soccer in the film, and a semi-fun "Footloose"-esque scene in which Gracie petitions the school board for the freedom to play. But melodrama reigns supreme as the film disintegrates into movie-of-the-week predictability.