Illeana Douglas in Grace of My Heart (1996)
On Facebook, I noticed that someone started a fan group for Illeana Douglas. The person who created it said that membership for this group was growing at an exponential rate. He said this shows that Illeana is a “force to be reckoned with even though nobody knows who she is.”
I realize that Illeana has played numerous roles throughout her career. And I often find comments of people who think that she is a wonderful, but underrated actress.
I’m the kind of person who loves finding cool things that most people don’t really know of. You would think that if something is genuinely cool, the majority of people in this world would know about it.
But maybe this is not always the case. I found the trailer for Grace of My Heart (1996), which starred Illeana Douglas. It was directed by Martin Scorsese on a very small budget of $5 million dollars. It looks like a really good film. And after watching the trailer, I can genuinely say that I am interested in seeing the movie. To tell you the truth, it’s been a long time since I made a statement like that!
I’m not the only one who feels this way. On the IMDB page for this movie, porterkelly (user) wrote:
I rented this movie a couple years ago because I like Illeana Douglas. I ended up buying 20 copies of it to give to friends as gifts for Christmas that year. The story is compelling, the cast is amazing…I can’t believe more people don’t know about this movie. The original music is great, too. The film moves seamlessly from the fifties through the seventies due in part to the talent of the actors, but also due to the impressive costume and makeup work and the wonderful original music written for each period. Y’know how people often say of good movies, “You’ll laugh/You’ll cry”? Well this is one of those.
A lot of people are just interested in watching the latest movies. But Grace of My Heart seems like it would gain immense popularity at present. There a renewed interest in all things vintage and nostalgic from eras past. But most of all, it seems to have been done very well. So there is very little excuse for people to not like it.
