Review of Amazing Grace (2007) by Harvdog03 — 06 Nov 2018

So really great story, but it was huge slow burn. I'm not a big fan of time jumps in movies and that still rang true for this movie.

This review of Amazing Grace (2007) was written by Harvdog03 on 06 Nov 2018.

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 08 Dec 2009

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By John (179) on 05 Jul 2008

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