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100
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62
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The actors are superb -- especially Smith, who exudes some of the live-wire charisma of the young Sean Penn in Rosenthal's "Bad Boys," and the smoldering Brewster.Full Review

Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

This film is smart, funny and, thanks in no small part to David Geddes' cinematography, it occasionally approaches the poetic.Full Review

Michael Ordona
Los Angeles Times

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.Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

The performances by Smith, Brewster and veteran David Morse, as a morbidly depressed widower, elevate Nearing Grace to something near grace.Full Review

Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

This '70s-era teen romance from the director of "Halloween II" and the screenwriter of "Mean Creek" is a quietly effective number, a little like an '80s John Hughes movie without the laughs (not an insult in this case).Full Review

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