The Grace Card (2011)
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Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13
Starring: Michael Joiner, Mike Higgenbottom, Louis Gossett Jr., Rob Erickson, Cindy Hodge, Stephen Dervan, Chris Thomas, Kiana McDaniel, George Bradshaw, Chris Johnson
Director: David G. Evans
Release Date: Opened Feb 25, 2011
“The Grace Card” has drugs, cops and race as ingredients. But the eggshells the screenwriter and director walk on distance the story from the reality it aims to imitate. And that robs this tale of loss, grief and redemption of its punch.
“Grace Card” is about a white Memphis cop (Michael Joiner) still seething some 17 years after his son was killed by a car driven by a black drug dealer. That lingering rage has shattered “Mac” McDonald’s family. His wife (Joy Parmer Moore) is depressed and desperately looking for help. And their surviving son (Robert Erikson), now 17, is in open revolt and making awful decisions.
