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Getting Grace is a new film about a 16-year-old girl, dying of cancer, who teaches a shy funeral director how to live. Directed by Daniel Roebuck.
Rating
PG-13 (for thematic elements and some suggestive material)
Director
Daniel Roebuck
Studio
Magic Bean Entertainment
Writer
Daniel Roebuck
  • I just had the pleasure of seeing this film and the one thing that came to mind after watching it was that this is something very special. I laughed a lot, I cried, I was moved in many ways. All the characters were great in their own way and I just truly enjoyed the experience.
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  • I loved this movie. I found comforting at the time. My mother was in hospice at the time I saw the movie. It made me realize to celebrate her life.
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  • Fantastic movie. I laughed. I cried. Brilliant!
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  • Excellent. Hard to believe but we laughed as we cried through the movie.
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  • The movie was great. Story line was right on point with feelings.
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  • This movie was awesome.
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  • Awesome movie. We need more like this. Real, funny and with an enduring reminder of the need for grace in our lives.
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  • Great movie, an independent film that pulls you with great acting and directing. Fell in love with the actors and it is a must see
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  • What a great show very surprised I'm hard to please great acting and great screenwriting great producer
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  • I thought this movie was going to be so sad and a tear-jerker when I heard it was about a girl dying of cancer, BUT I laughed so much and so hard I did have "tears of laughter" almost thru the entire movie. Of course there were some serious moments but the movie was just great.
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  • We finally had the opportunity to the locally produced film, "Getting Grace" at the Roxy Theatre in Northampton PA (also currently playing at SteelStacks' Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas). Bravo to the Freddy award-winning star, Madelyn Dundon, and director, Daniel Roebuck, both alumni of Bethlehem Catholic High School. This wonderful and touching story is truly "a love letter to the Lehigh Valley," as Roebuck describes, and was filmed throughout the City of Bethlehem. Currently, users of Rotten Tomatoes have given the film an impressive "96% liked it" score. I highly recommend "Getting Grace" and not just because it was filmed locally featuring many local actors - it's also a terrific and moving story. Madelyn Dundon provides a special sparkle and a performance reminiscent of Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird that must be seen on the big screen!
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  • This film provides laughter, tears and everything in between, and does it all seamlessly! Don't be afraid of the inevitable waterworks - you'll be smiling at the same time. Go see it.
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  • This movie is a must see! It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me think better thoughts and ask better questions. That's the best of both worlds - entertaining and meaningful!
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  • LOVED IT! This movie disarms you, reels you in and firmly attaches you to the world within the story. I'd love to see it in the heater.
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  • "Getting Grace" (PG-13, 1:52) is a comedy drama directed by, co-written by and co-starring Daniel Roebuck. Roebuck's directorial debut, he describes it as "a love letter to the Lehigh Valley", the area in eastern Pennsylvania, where Roebuck was born and raised, where he filmed his movie and where he found most of his cast - including an amazingly talented lead actress in her first film role. The movie is about a teenager dying of a cancer and a funeral director whom she helps to live again.Grace (newcomer Madelyn Dundon) isn't one to let a little thing like dying of cancer get her down. She's usually upbeat and often effervescent. Even when she's talking about her cancer, her gallows humor is disarming. When she starts talking with a humorless funeral director named Bill (Roebuck) about what's going to happen to her body when she dies, she sympathizes with the sadness in his past and sets out to help him get emotionally balanced - even if he doesn't want her help. Grace is also trying to make sure that her single mother (Marsha Dietlein) is going to be okay (emotionally & otherwise) after she's gone."Getting Grace" is unexpectedly enjoyable. The subject matter is sensitive, but Roebuck's efforts strike the perfect balance between taking it seriously and making it entertaining. Much of the credit for the latter goes to Dundon. Her character's charm is infectious and her performance is mature and effective beyond her years - and well beyond her level of screen acting experience. This is the kind of indie that deserves to be sought out by Movie Fans, who will likely feel they've discovered something special. "A-"
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