Grace of My Heart
1996 · Movie · R · 116 min · ★ 6.1 · 70% critics
A young singer leaves home for New York during the rise of early rock and pop, hoping for stardom. When performing doesn’t work out, she discovers a gift for songwriting and tries to build a career while navigating demanding collaborators, changing trends, and the pressures of the music business.
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-09-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (65 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like music-industry dramas, era-spanning ambition stories, and a strong pop soundtrack, especially if The Fabulous Baker Boys or Danny Collins worked for you; Not for you if you want a tighter, more grounded biopic.
Pros: catchy period songs; engaging music-business backdrop; warm, heartfelt moments | Cons: uneven lead performance; rushed life-spanning story; TV-movie feel
Themes
- singer
- songwriter
- woman director
Cast & crew
Illeana Douglas
as Denise Waverly / Edna Buxton
Matt Dillon
as Jay Phillips
Eric Stoltz
as Howard Cazsatt
Patsy Kensit
as Cheryl Steed
John Turturro
as Joel Millner
Bruce Davison
as John Murray
- JW
Jennifer Leigh Warren
as Doris Shelley
David Clennon
as Dr. "Jonesy" Jones
Christina Pickles
as Mrs. Buxton
- SB
Sissy Boyd
as Dress Saleswoman
Directed by Allison Anders