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Metascore®52 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott Tobias

    There's a reason the underdog sports formula is followed over and over: When it's executed as skillfully as it is here, the damned thing works every time. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    Dermot Mulroney takes the largest male role, that of the driven ex-soccer star and patriarch of the onscreen family. From certain angles he looks like a Shue too. Read full review

  • 63
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    For all its faults, Gracie is made with enough grace to get us rooting for the protagonist. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    A familiar underdog story told with unusual sensitivity. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Lael Loewenstein

    An earnest, well-acted, poignant drama that nevertheless runs afoul of sports movie clichés. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    You miss the knockabout edge of "Bend It Like Beckham" -- though the ending, in its Pavlovian sports-flick way, pumps you up. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    For all the personal ties to the material, the film too often reaches for broad-strokes inspiration in a way that feels generic. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Gracie is ably played by Carly Schroeder, and the tale of her uphill battle to play competitive soccer is based on the youthful activism of actress Elisabeth Shue. Shue was the first person in her New Jersey community to break down the hurdles erected to keep girls from the sport. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice | Michelle Orange

    Firing on all formulaic cylinders, Gracie is heavy with tidy meaning and mealy morality; the most dubious idea here is that if you don't let a girl play soccer, she just may turn to cigarettes, halter tops, and sex with the starting forward Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Modestly engaging but thoroughly predictable. Read full review

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 3.5 out of 5

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