Gracie

Between everything competing for your attention, Gracie is worth clearing space for. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Carly Schroeder sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Gracie arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Character-driven storytelling at its most effective — Gracie earns every emotional beat it goes for. A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer. Carly Schroeder and Christopher Shand lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. Gracie came out in 2007. The performances in Gracie do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Gracie. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Carly Schroeder's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

Gracie was released in 2007, directed by Davis Guggenheim. The full 97-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.