Looking for Grace
| Looking for Grace | |
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| Directed by | Sue Brooks |
| Produced by | Lizzette Atkins Sue Taylor Alison Tilson |
| Written by | Sue Brooks |
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Radha Mitchell Richard Roxburgh Odessa Young |
| Music by | Elizabeth Drake |
| Cinematography | Katie Milwright |
| Edited by | Peter Carrodus |
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Unicorn Films, Taylor Media, Gecko Films
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| Distributed by | Palace Films |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Looking for Grace is a 2015 Australian drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival and in the inaugural Platform section at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was the first film to be directed by an Australian female director to screen at the Venice International Film Festival in 15 years.
The film stars Odessa Young as Grace, her parents Denise and Dan played by Radha Mitchell and Richard Roxburgh, respectively. The story follows Grace, as she runs away from home to the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. Her parents hire a private detective in an attempt to find her.
Looking for Grace released cinematically on 26 January 2016, after a World Premiere on 3 September 2015 at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.
E. Nina Rothe writing for The Huffington Post said "Looking for Grace takes the audience on a series of journeys that still make the little hairs on my arms stand on end. Yes, I am still thinking about the film, nearly a week after watching it."
Nick Dent writing for TimeOut Sydney said "The new film from Aussie writer-director Sue Brooks (Japanese Story) borrows a leaf from the Quentin Tarantino book of fractured narrative, jumping back and forth in time to build a jigsaw of a family in crisis, everyone in search of something elusive from life. Brooks’ screenplay is wryly funny about human behaviour, keenly observing the awkward ways anxious people rub up against each other. Roxburgh and Mitchell give well-tuned comic performances and veteran actor Terry Norris steals scenes as the elderly private detective who joins the couple on their search. If you yearn for an evocative, intriguing local film to see on Australia Day, this one will not disappoint."
Paul Byrnes writing for the The Sydney Morning Herald said "So many comedies - not just local ones - trade in juvenile and trivial ideas; this one offers a deep observation of human nature, with a sense of the ridiculous that's much more satisfying. Brooks knows that life is weirder than movies make out, but not her movies. She rebuts the conventional wisdom about a story needing a hero's journey. Looking for Grace has no heroes, just ordinary people and multiple journeys, yet it lacks nothing in emotional impact or narrative drive."
Mad Dog Bradley writing for Rip It Up said "Something of a tough one to discuss, Brooks' film has been accused of unevenness, but surely the ambitious tone is one of its strongest suits, as we shift from teen lust to marital angst to unexpected comedy. And the actors are all strong, with Mitchell and Roxburgh (a long way from TV's Rake) putting in fine performances, and a breakthrough turn from Young, whose elusive Grace holds the subtle saga together."
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