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Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 7
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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.

Drama, Kids & Family

Directed By: Mike Newell

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Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis
Lynn Taylor
Alex English
Amazing Grace Smith
Gregory Peck
President
William L. Petersen
Russell Murdock
Joshua Zuehlke
Chuck Murdock
Dennis Lipscomb
Johnny B. Goode
Lee Richardson
Jeffries
Dean Alexander
Sports Broadcaster
Jim Antonio
Strickland
Red Auerbach
Himself
Alan Autry
George
Michael Bond
Aide
Steven Bothun
Reporter
Michael Bowen
Hot Dog
Frances Conroy
Pamela Murdock
Clarence Felder
Dick Ferguson
Natalie Oliver
Boston Reporter
Robert Schenkkan
Pollack
Vasek Simek
Soviet Premier
Cara Wilder
Laura
Jim Allen
Missile Soldier
John Russell
Stuart Shipley
Harvey Martin
Mad Dog
James Cotterell
Third Baseman
Lynne Turner Fitzgerald
Network Anchor
Brian R. Hager
First Baseman
James Lindley Hathaway
Jerome
Matt Kerns
Shortstop
Cortney Kutner
Carolyn
Johnny Most
Himself
Kurt Olsson
Tommy
Gwen Petersen
Teacher
Maite Petersen
School Girl
Joe Sabatini
Airplane Mechanic
Harris Smithe
Soldier
Rudolf Svehia
Russian Translator
Manfred Sypold
Johann
Robert Tilson
Soldier
James Toumey
Aide
A.J. Kallan
Man in Truck
Robert Harper
Bowman

Critic Reviews for Amazing Grace and Chuck

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (5)

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

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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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

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Variety Staff

Variety

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Puerile.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Intermittently entertaining and embarrassing.

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: DVDLaser

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Douglas Pratt

DVDLaser

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

March 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

[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

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

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Haven't seen this movie in a long time. Perhaps its long overdue for a dvd release?

September 30, 2008

Tim Salmons

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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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