January 2nd, 2008
Gracie
Last night while Andy was out, I watched the movie “Gracie” which is loosely based on Elizabeth Shue’s childhood and her fighting for woman’s rights in the 70’s. (You know the babysitter from Adventures in Babysitting–great movie, I think i need to add that to my collection) The story starts out sad, you know its going to be sad. There is a terrible tragedy in her family which forces her to fight for her right to play on the boys team. She is also fighting for place in her family, in her father’s eyes. It seems like she is getting pushed on all sides. The cool thing about this movie is that Elizabeth Shue plays the mother and Andrew Shue (her brother) plays one of the soccer coaches. This is a great family movie, one for girls and boys alike. I would watch this again.
