Summary
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+5)
Critics 90Audiences 85GoodWatch 87
Tomatometer98%
Metascore82
Audience score92%
User score8.4
Letterboxd · 162 K ratings4.2/5
IMDb7.9
Box office
1.6×its budget
- Budget
- $1 M
- Worldwide
- $2 M
Worldwide it earned $645 K more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 36 min
Shorter than most dramas, −13 min on the typical 109
typical 10996Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 22 countries, rent or buy in 24 more
+12Released
2013
August 23, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more56 people
- Brie LarsonGrace Howard
- John Gallagher Jr.Mason
- Kaitlyn DeverJayden Cole
- Rami MalekNate
- LaKeith StanfieldMarcus
- Kevin HernandezLuis
- Melora WaltersDr. Hendler
- Stephanie BeatrizJessica
Lydia Du VeauxKendra- ACAlex CallowaySammy
Frantz TurnerJack
Diana Maria RivaNurse Beth- HCHarold CannonMason's Dad
Silvia CurielMason's Mom- BABran'dee AllenShawnta
- DRDanny RoperDavid
- EGElyssa GutierrezAnna
- GZGarryson ZamoraThom
- MMMichael MartoConnor
- PBPatricia BarrettTracy
- TMTanya Marie A. BitangaNikki
- ZWZoe WilkensSpring
- AAAngel AmaralTrevor
- ABArnold BarreraMariachi Band Member, Trumpet
Directing · 1
- Destin Daniel Cretton Director, Writer
Production · 11
- Frederick W. Green Executive Producer
- David Kaplan Executive Producer
- Douglas R. Stone Executive Producer
- Ron Najor Producer
- Maren Olson Producer
- Asher Goldstein Producer
Camera · 2
- Brett Pawlak Director of Photography
- Chris Arata "B" Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Nat Sanders Editor
Sound · 1
- Joel P. West Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Rachel Myers Production Design
- Grace Alie Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Joy Cretton Costume Design
- Mirren Gordon-Crozier Costume Design
- Allison Bryan Makeup Department Head
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