Grace Is Gone

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Release Date: October 5th, 2007 (limited)

Starring: John Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Doug Dearth, Michael Thomas Dunn, Brian Patrick Farrell
 
Directed by: James C. Strouse 

Premise: A drama about a young father whose soldier wife has just been killed while in the line of duty in Iraq. Rather than tell his two daughters the news, he decides to take them on a cross-country road trip to an amusement park.

[Pubrick]

Grace is Gone, but.. Life Is Beautiful.

kind of.

[maya kash]

my brother lost his wife in iraq last year

his two kids wanted to go to magic mountain but he thought it might be better to start taking crack and screwing prostitutes

he does look like john cusack a bit if that makes a difference

movies that insult some will always amaze others

any art i suppose.  stupid hos

[Redlum]

The two girls in this give the best child-actor performances I've seen. So impressive (because of their age) that they almost out do John Cusack.

The film itself reminded of Love Liza, not just thematically but in the typical, semi-independent style. The director here made some pretty good decisions for some of the key moments in the film, though and has to be given a lot of credit for the quality of the performances.