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Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)

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When young Chuck Murdock (Joshua Zuehlke) visits a nuclear missile site, he learns that one bomb would destroy the earth in less time than it would take a piece of silverware to drop from his hand to the floor. This information sends the sensitive boy into existential angst. Wondering why anybody should do anything when the world can be destroyed so quickly, and hoping to raise consciousness about nuclear weapons, Chuck quits his Little League team. He gains a little bit of local press. One of

PG, 1 hr. 55 min.

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The film's style is as doggedly ordinary as its story is preposterous.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment (1)
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As amazingly bad as it is audacious, film will live forever in the hearts of connoisseurs of Hollywood's most memorably outrageous moments.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Puerile.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Intermittently entertaining and embarrassing.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: DVDLaser | Comment

Ultimately Mike Newell manages to make the film into something worthwhile.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
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[Director Mike Newell] might have fared better had he employed a more whimsical touch.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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A hope-filled film portraying how the individual can make a difference and that humanity is capable of following its best instincts.

July 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
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Haven't seen this movie in a long time. Perhaps its long overdue for a dvd release?

September 30, 2008
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another great movie from my childhood..it really makes you think..Imagination and possibilities.. you can achieve great things

May 8, 2007
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