Saving Grace B. Jones
New Films Cinema | Release Date: December 14, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenDec 14, 2012
At its most straightforward, the film is an effective drama about a 10-year-old city girl's eye-opening summer in the rural Midwest. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyDec 12, 2012
The film packs in more characters, subplots, and moments of nostalgic detail than it can gracefully accommodate, and the pacing often feels rushed. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 13, 2012
Making her feature directorial debut at the tender age of 70, veteran actress Connie Stevens delivers an obviously heartfelt but sadly unfocused melodrama in the form of Saving Grace B. Jones. Read full review
30
VarietyJohn AndersonDec 13, 2012
Most of what Stevens has concocted here is hard to take, notably the characters' curious relationship with the rain that threatens to drown Missouri, and serves as a soggy metaphor. Sometimes it only rains in half the frame; sometimes people coming out of downpours are wet, sometimes they're not; sometimes they're wet and it's not raining. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 13, 2012
Ms. O'Neal's Grace is a fluttery Blanche DuBois type who transforms into a ranting madwoman wreaking havoc. Instead of an ax, she wields scissors. From here on, the movie is a grotesquely overacted, ineptly staged screamfest. Read full review
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Slant MagazineNick McCarthyDec 12, 2012
This cumbersome and graceless 1950s-set period drama possesses the reactionary life insights and amateurish production values of a Lifetime soap. Read full review
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