In the first part of 'Gracie's Choice: A Story of Love' we enter the desperate world of Gracie with a bang as we watch the home they are staying in raided by cops on a drugs bust.

As such Werner has basically split 'Gracie's Choice' into 3 sections, you could say typical sections which inevitably lead to, yes you guessed, it Gracie making a choice, but it works. But where as many of these movies come across as shallow and overly sentimental, director Peter Werner has done a terrific job of delivering the heart and emotion of this story whilst still giving the sentimental side you expect. To be fair there is a lot to 'Gracie's Choice: A Story of Love' which you could say is the stuff of any routine afternoon melodrama especially as it is based on an inspiring and emotional true story. But don't dismiss 'Gracie's Choice: A Story of Love' because whilst it is all the things you associate with an afternoon TV movie it also has a good storyline, some genuine drama, and emotion and most importantly good performances from both Anne Heche and Kristen Bell which make it worth watching. And if you were to stumble across and watch 'Gracie's Choice: A Story of Love' you would probably expect this to be another bitter sweet melodrama which is both sentimental and inspiring, well it is a Lifetime Channel movie. Made for TV movies, especially those which tend to get put on in the afternoon, are often a sentimental bunch, stories which create emotional responses and deliver melodrama. But having basically been mother to her siblings Gracie won't let this happen and is forced to make both tough decisions and even tougher sacrifices to keep the family together with Rowena not part of it. When Gracie's troubled existence becomes known to the staff at school it seems that the family are going to be town apart as Rowena is arrested and they get separated into care. All her life 16 year old Gracie ( Kristen Bell) has cared for her 3 brothers and sister, each the result of a different relationship, as her mother Rowena ( Anne Heche) is a lousy mother only interested in having fun with the various men who enter their lives, often with drink and drugs.

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