gracie choice be about gracie thompson . she be a 17 year old girl who at a very young age become a surrogate mother for her half brother and half sister . to make matter even more complicated all her sibling have different surname and nobody know who their real father be . they live an itinerant life style with their mother . the mother rowena be heavily involve with drug and boast two dependency problem . her different boyfriend they move from town to town and from school to school and in their mother case man to man . it be only when they move back to their mother hometown and the introduction of their christian grand mother that their unorthodox family situation begin to deteriorate . their grand mother be a lovely woman whose christian belief bring relief to her in time of trouble . she be totally unlike her daughter in every way but become an easy target for the desperate rowena a she free load on her . gracie attitude towards her mother change during this period . sexual advance that her mother current druggie boyfriend be make towards her bring it on . a situation that make her mother turn a blind eye towards because she feel that this man be the one for her . of course this excuse and behavior be something that gracie have hear see time and time again . with the arrest of her mother and her subsequent incarceration we see gracie comfortably take the reign of her family and with the stability provide by them stay at their grandmother gracie without any hesitation or argument decides to fight for her right to adopt her brother and protect them from the every present threat of their real mother return . as far a these tv movie go this be in my opinion definitely one of the good one . bearing in mind that it be base on a true story and many of the event film be invariably dramatize to appeal to the audience . what i really hate about these movie be the fairy tale tone that be apply to the overall presentation . principle character be involve with some nasty people and a moment of clarity dawn on the principle character and a fight for their right to survive ensues and and the principle character win . they all live happily ever after . i be sure the people who this be base on be now happy but that do not happen over the stroke of the judge gavel like it do in this film . the story be very strong and credible up until the end and after see it i felt somewhat cheat . the one aspect of this film i really do enjoy however be the performance of the leading actor . anne heche a rowena be very strong and consistent but typical of the over dramatization that happen in the adaptation of true story . diane ladd a the grand mother be also very strong but kristin bell who play the lead character gracie out shine both of these experienced actress . i really dislike her a an actress before i saw this and i think she be only capable of repeat her veronica mar persona ( a show i utterly despise ) . but a gracie thompson she play her trademark persona of be an independent young woman but she ingenuously gel the emotion of confusion and loneliness and fear and love and warmth and intelligence . this mark her out a be a mature actress for her age group . she really make me sit up and take notice and in this day in age where pretty so called actress be a dime a dozen she not only walk the walk and but talk the talk . gracie choice will not be for everybody taste but it be well worth the watch for the inspiring story alone . positive .