Rotten
Moral dilemmas faced by immature teens is fine fare for young-adult fiction, but a movie that wants them to be taken as something bigger needs better management than Nearing Grace can provide.
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Nearing Grace
What if the one thing you want is the last thing you need?
2006 · 1h 45m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Rick Rosenthal
Overview
Having recently lost his mother, teenager Henry Nearing develops a crush on seductive classmate Grace, who toys with him. Though he has been friends with Merna for a long time, he fails to see her sincere attraction to him, and instead wastes time with the uncaring Grace.
Director and cast
- Rick Rosenthal Director
- Gregory Smith as Henry Nearing
- Jordana Brewster as Grace Chance
- Ashley Johnson as Merna Ash
- David Moscow as Blair Nearing
- Chad Faust as Lance
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Clement C. Haydes
- Logan Bartholomew as Tripp
- David Morse as Shep Nearing
- Amy Main as Strawberry
- Sharon Lawrence as Mrs. Ash
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
45%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The story here is as dog-eared as an old beach book, and about as deep.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
The performances by Smith, Brewster and veteran David Morse, as a morbidly depressed widower, elevate Nearing Grace to something near grace.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Fresh
...cinematic youth has rarely seemed so convincingly uncertain, and Brewster could definitely drive a young guy crazy.
Luke Y. Thompson, Village Voice
Fresh
Smart, funny and, thanks in no small part to David Geddes' cinematography, it occasionally approaches the poetic.
Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times
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