Amazing Grace and Chuck

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2004 Filmcritic.com

Feel-good movies starring kids wiser than their parents were a staple of the 1980s, but Amazing Grace and Chuck is one of the most ambitious, with a single child leading the world all the way to total nuclear disarmament. Chuck is the kid, Amazing Grace is a Boston Celtic that helps him out in his quest. Gregory Peck is the president, and the saccharine threatens to choke you at times during the movie, but ultimately Mike Newell (director of Four Weddings and a Funeral) manages to make the film into something worthwhile.

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Rating

3.5 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Mike Newell
  • Producer: David Field
  • Screenwriter: David Field
  • Stars: Gregory Peck, William L. Petersen, Red Auerbach, Lee Richardson, Joshua Zuehlke, Michael Bond, Alex English, Alan Autry, Jamie Lee Curtis
  • MPAA Rating: PG