it not because you claim you love your child and you actually love them . this be the premise for gracie choice . how the person that give birth to you betray you and make your life miserable and this be what this movie be about and and how to overcome all that . this movie be base on fact . meet gracie and a 17 year old girl ( play by the adorable kristen bell ) who sacrifice her own life to make sure her brother be safe and sound . her drug addict mother ( play by the wonderful anne heche ) change boyfriend like underwear and and make her child put up with it by dish them fairy tale story about horse and tasty meal . all and all and the mother be just a ghostly projection and a tantalizing dream and an empty promise . she doesn not love her kid and although she doesn not realize this herself . but the movie reveal this in a dramatic way . the mother yell gracie can go to hell . gracie respond fittingly represent i be bear in hell . gracie hell be her mum messing thing up and her redemption be her will to take care of her family and despite her own ambition . in a way gracie be too good for this world . she sacrifice herself for her little ( half ) brother . the casting of kristen bell for the role of role model gracie thompson be an excellent choice . the first time i saw kristen bell be in the emmy win tv show the shield . in this movie and bell character ís the shield .