A Girl Like Grace

What the hell is raven doing playing a high schooler in this movie when she's 30? HELLA creepy casting when it came to that...

I rate movies based on their ability to leave me with new questions. I left wanting to understand more about the mother (played by Garcelle Beauvais) - to deconstruct her if you will - from the fear she had about her daughter's sexual identity (what exactly was her underlying fear? why wasn't she more afraid of the fate her daughter would meet at the hands of sexual predators and/or men who might otherwise exploit her?); to the lack of what I'd like to call a maternal muscle; and, to her own inherited broken cycles of what love looks and feels like. I wanted to know more about how class and culture affected her capacity to render the kind of nurture and compassion that her daughter (played by Ryan Destiny) so desperately needed.

Ultimately, this was a movie about identity and beauty; how we see ourselves and the way we think the rest of the world sees us and/or the ones we love is absolutely critical to who we ultimately become.

Grace's braid changed 30x on the first day. AA movies don't have to lack like this😔 We have to let others live their life.

This movie really touched me when I first saw it on BET & every since then it never got boring. It gets so tough in life losing the ones that are closer to u & been there/done things with u & for u... This movie really remind me not to ever trust anyone ever again and people will never change. I know how it feels to be bullied I been in her shoes before. So much happened to me in my childhood at such a young age & I can truly relate to her story. You will never know what could happen if your continuing to involve yourself around the wrong crowd of people who can completely change you thru all of the pain and chaos. Stuff like this can change you mentally. Sad but true.

It was a watchable movie, decent the storyline was real life. Teenagers being teenagers, learning who they are. Single mother struggling. Just real life situations. 5/ 10.