Grace (2014)★ 5.9/10

Not Rated · US · 95 min · January 1, 2014

• Drama

Directed by: Heath Jones

Written by: Cindy Joy Goggins, Heath Jones

Gracie knows hangovers. She's intimately acquainted with them. But this one? Why did she wake up half-dressed on a Florida beach, 1100 miles from home? And this time her father--who also knows about the tragedy of addiction from his struggles with Gracie's mom--will not clean things up. Suspicious and distrustful of everyone, including a café owner with her own troubled history, Gracie prefers the relief of alcohol--which had always worked for her. When she's arrested for public drunkenness and attacking a police officer, Gracie is given a choice: six months in jail or 90 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in 90 days, in the small town in which she has landed. She's not used to strangers caring about her, but perhaps the power of community can help her sidestep the landmines lining her path to sobriety--especially the ones she's laid herself. "GRACE." compassionately looks at the disease of addiction through a young woman inching towards redemption.