Description: Gracie Thompson hasn't been so much brought up as dragged through life by her manipulative, drug-addled mother. Missing meals, dodging cops and landlords, changing schools the way most kids change socks, Gracie and her sister and brothers, each the product of a different dead-beat dad, seem to have hit the skids. Then Gracie makes a choice to get a job, succeed in school, find stability. And her choice isn't just for herself. At the age of 17, she decides to be the mother, emotionally and legally, her siblings never had.
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Rating: - I was born in hell (4.5)
Ah, Lifetime. Every man's kryptonite. Normally, I'd never, ever, admit to watching, much less purchasing, something with Lifetime's name on it. Then I found out Kristen Bell was in one of their original movies.
Gracie's Choice follows, here's a shocker, Gracie Thompson. Gracie is a sixteen year old--or seventeen, there's some grey areas--whose mom is a drug addict who swears, everytime she's busted, that she's never doing it again. Her grandmother still believes her daughter (Gracie's mom) can change so she gives her chance after chance. And we can't forget Gracie's three brothers and sister, all of which have different dads. Due to turbulent times, and not wanting her family--well, the kids at least--to go through what she did, Gracie decides to do something about it. Balancing school, a job, and having three brothers depend solely on her, can she handle it?
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It is one of the best Lifetime movies. All the actors had me believing they were the real persons from the story. From a personal fan of Kristen Bell
Rating: - Breaking the Cycle of Abuse is Possible
This LifeTime made-for-tv movie is a true story of Gracie Thompson and her struggle to survive her abusive, heroine addicted mother and keep her siblings together.
Kristen Bell delivers an inspiring performance as Gracie, an intelligent teenager with a strong will and loyalty to her brothers. She spent most of her childhood taking care of them (as well as her mother) while traveling in and out forty-one different schools.
Anne Heche plays her mother Rowena. She uses her children, she uses her boyfriends and she uses her mother to fill her addictions. This is one of Heche's most difficult roles and she does an excellent job of making the audience hate her.
With the help of a school counselor and a social worker Gracie files for emancipation from her mother. She eventually fights to terminate parental rights all together so she won't have to worry about her three younger brothers ... Read More
Rating: - Another winner for Kristen Bell and Lifetime
"Gracie's Choice" is a true story and no actress could have pulled off the role of Gracie as well as Kristen Bell. There were some similarities with her brilliant work in "Veronica Mars" and proves again the brilliance of her acting. We hope to see many more good films like this starring Ms. Bell.
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