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(1 - 16) of 16 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1   3.5/5 "delivers a certain kind of Midwestern pathos that's understated almost to the point of invisibility"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti C "Screenwriter James C. Strouse makes an able if flat directorial debut with a simple wartime movie that needed more dimension. This is what a movie without subplots looks like."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "This is, most subtly, Grace Is Gone's abiding theme, the ways that overwhelming loss bring into focus what remains, as well as the cultural frameworks by which moral judgments are made."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/4 "...packs an emotional wallop that ultimately belies its low-key sensibilities..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "For all its good intentions and solid acting, it ends up more maudlin than penetrating."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A tender and touching movie about a father who learns how to nurture his daughters while in the midst of grief."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "If Martian Child is the price film goers must pay in order to get Grace Is Gone, then it's a worthwhile trade."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "The film is as affecting -- and as ultimately human -- as one might hope, and it still brings home the ugly real fact that for too many Americans, the evening news isn't just background noise."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 5/10 "The perfect maudlin holiday entertainment."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick C- "...never once feels authentic, its every move calculated...a movie that uses a road trip to express a family's grief is suspect at best."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "True in its core depiction of a man dealing with limitless sorrow."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[No]matter how much you love [Cusack's] usual snarky schtick, it's wonderful to see him stretch as an artist..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 1.5/4 "It's the Paul Haggis version of National Lampoon's Vacation."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager "There have many films in the last year or so that have dealt with the war in Iraq, but I can't recall one that infuriated me as much as this smugly insufferable soap opera that uses the conflict as an excuse to offer up 90 minutes of muddled mawkishness"   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4.5/5 "Combines a topical storyline with a thoroughly involving examination of grief that's never remotely maudlin or sentimental."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 16) of 16 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1