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starring GREGORY SMITH, JORDANA BREWSTER, ASHLEY JOHNSON, and DAVID MORSE

“Smart, funny, and occasionally approaches the poetic!” LA TIMES

Did you ever wish you could get the hottest girl in school? This is the story of how non-jock Henry (Gregory Smith) indeed gets the girl, Grace (Jordana Brewster), but not without complications! Set against the backdrop of a family’s recent loss of its mother/wife — Henry, his father Shep (David Morse) and brother Blair (David Moscow) are all set tragically adrift. The time is the late ’70s, when music, lifestyles and sexuality were undergoing tremendous change in American society. The death of their mother/wife removes the anchor to this suburban New Jersey family, letting each member drift into those swift-moving social currents.
“Nearing Grace’s mix of nostalgia and contempt for the follies of youth is a potent one.” LA WEEKLY

“Breakout performances by Ashely Johnston, Jordana Brewster, and David Morse…..the richness of the characters and themes in NEARING GRACE inspire director Rick Rosenthal and his cast to create a film with terrific emotional energy and larkish humor.HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

“Winning and freakishly good-looking cast, endowed by Jacob Aaron Estes’s script with intelligent dialogue, makes for viewing that is easy on the eyes and the ears……bursting with hormones, angst, humor and heartbreak” NY TIMES

“…refreshingly low-key and more intelligent than 90% of the movies aimed at the teen crowd. That by itself is a fine achievement.” REEL.COM

“It’s so exceptionally well done, so exceedingly well-cast that it makes one realize how few such films actually succeed at all.” BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE

“…cinematic youth has rarely seemed so convincingly uncertain, and Brewster could definitely drive a young guy crazy.” VILLAGE VOICE