Gracie (PG-13)
Who’s in it: Carly Schroeder (left), Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Shue
What it’s about: Young Gracie (Schroeder) tries to win a place on her school’s varsity soccer team to honor the legacy of her dead brother and win the attention of her sports-obsessed father (Mulroney).
Worth watching? ***
“A feel-good movie that, thanks to its understatement, feels pretty darned good.” [ GLENN WHIP, L.A. DAILY NEWS ]
Stephanie Daley (R)
Who’s in it: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn (left), Timothy Hutton
What it’s about: After teen Stephanie (Tamblyn) leaves her baby in a toilet stall and insists it was stillborn, the court orders her to see pregnant psychologist Lydie Crane (Swinton), who sympathetically connects with Stephanie even as she tries to pry the truth out of her.
Worth watching? *** 1/2
“Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn register sheer marvels of screen acting, and writer-director Hilary Brougher knows just how to film their every elusive, empathetic and anxious expression.” [ BOB STRAUSS, L.A. DAILY NEWS ] Severance (R)
Who’s in it: Laura Harris (above left), Danny Dyer, Tim McInnery, Babou Ceesay
What it’s about: A company’s team-building weekend at a rural retreat gets bloody when a group of homicidal maniacs crashes the party in this grisly horror comedy.
Worth watching? ***
“‘Severance,’ for all its deft moves and jokey references, occasionally goes so far into ‘Saw’ and ‘Hostel’ viscera that a bad taste starts forming in the mouth.” [ STEVEN REA, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ]
