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Grace of My Heart

1996

Allison Anders

Illeana Douglas, John Turturro, Matt Dillon, Christina Pickles ...

5.9

380

Comedy. Drama An aspiring singer, Denise Waverly/Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers. The film follows her life from her first break, through the pain of rejection from the recording industry and a bad marriage, to her final triumph in realizing her dream to record her own hit album.

	Author	Review
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"It may not be precision-tooled, but it's triumphantly alive."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"It's a big role and [Douglas is] equal to it -- but is the movie? I would have preferred a more limited story that went deeper, instead of a docudrama that covers so much ground, so relentlessly, that we grow weary."	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Anders' film is somewhat saved from its floundering by a rich, sultry look that savors the time period, by witty props and costumes, and by an imaginative scoring idea. "	POS
United States	David Rooney Variety	"An ambitious comedy-drama that is energetic and entertaining, even if it loses steam in its disharmonious final act."	POS
United Kingdom	Caroline Westbrook Empire	"Allison Anders' gloriously lyrical tale of two decades in the life of fictional singer-songwriter Denise Waverley (lleanna Douglas) works better than most actual biopics. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"For anyone with a soft spot for this period of American cultural history, Grace of My Heart is a solid sender."	POS

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