Saturday, February 23, 2019

Grace Unplugged (2013), 5

PG | 1h 42min | Drama, Music | 4 October 2013
Grace Trey is a phenomenal singer. But at the tender age of eighteen, after she gets the music break of a lifetime and is thrust into the "real world" - her faith is put to the test.
Co-writer/Director: Brad J. Silverman
Stars: AJ Michalka, Kelly Thiebaud, James Denton.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2349460/
watched on AmazonPrime

20 songs in the Soundtracks, most performed by cast.

Keyword in synopsis: faith. This is about a Christian rocker (the dad) who doesn't allow his daughter enough creativity in the family band, so she seizes an oppty to remake one of his pre-Christian hits, and makes it big. But she can generate a follow-up original single, so the record company hires writers, and she's offended by the sexual nature of the songs. So, despite being selected as the opening act for her idol, she goes back home. In the future, we see the Christian boy she met at the record company is about to be her husband, she and her dad are making a big hit from their faith-rock band, and they've started a faith-based branch of the record company. See all the good that happens whether or not you have faith. I'm sure she'll never disagree with her father again.

Ugh. Avoid.

Rated 6.2 (2,960)

distr. Orion & LionsGate, dir. Silverman; 5