Amazing Grace and Chuck

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Amazing Grace and Chuck

PG

1987

1h 56m

Drama

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Average American boy Chuck Murdock (Joshua Zuehlke) goes on a school outing to a nuclear weapons facility, where he learns about the destructive power that sits at the fingertips of the military. Knowing that the world could end with the push of a button, he protests against nuclear war by walking out on his Little League team during a game. Chuck's stunt ends up in the local paper, and as the story snowballs, basketball star Amazing Grace Smith (Alex English) decides to boycott sports, too.

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Time Out

03/24/2008

Puerile.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

03/24/2008

2/5

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

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Variety Staff

Variety

03/24/2008

As amazingly bad as it is audacious, film will live forever in the hearts of connoisseurs of Hollywood's most memorably outrageous moments.

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Ángel Luis Inurria

El Pais (Spain)

03/30/2020

Amazing Grace and Chuck is a worthy movie. It's not great, but it is interesting and personal. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

03/24/2008

3.5/5

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

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TV Guide

03/24/2008

2/4

[Director Mike Newell] might have fared better had he employed a more whimsical touch.

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Gregory S

@Gregory566 Jun 16

Thought that it was a pretty good movie. It actually tackles an issue that is truly important and terrifying today. Though my the message was pretty great. How one little voice can spark a movement. Great message about peaceful non violent protest. I think what makes this film work so much for me is Chuck. He just asks questions and continues to ask questions. But, it’s also the silence he uses.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 03/02/2023

laughable issues film with no real solutions,

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02/09/2014

It's message is as subtle as nuking a country you're angry with. That being said, its heart is in the right place, and the performances are respectable. I'm pretty sure I couldn't go one year in grade school, without a teacher showing this in class.

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08/17/2012

This is a wonderful what if movie. It talks about what collective action can achieve for the world. I loved it.

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03/31/2012

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

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02/22/2010

(First and only viewing - 10/1/2009)

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Synopsis

Average American boy Chuck Murdock (Joshua Zuehlke) goes on a school outing to a nuclear weapons facility, where he learns about the destructive power that sits at the fingertips of the military. Knowing that the world could end with the push of a button, he protests against nuclear war by walking out on his Little League team during a game. Chuck's stunt ends up in the local paper, and as the story snowballs, basketball star Amazing Grace Smith (Alex English) decides to boycott sports, too.

Director: Mike Newell
Producer: David Field
Screenwriter: David Field
Production Co: ML Delphi Premier Productions, Rastar Pictures, Delphi IV Productions, Delphi V Productions, Turnstar Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Surround