An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success (2015)

★ 7.5 1h 41m IMDb

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Grace is excited for the summer so she can start a business with her friends, but things take an unexpected turn when her mom announces a trip to Paris. There, Grace must learn to get along with her French cousin, Sylvie, and she finds unexpected inspiration for her business. Then, Grace finds out her grandparents bakery, that inspired her to start a business, is closing. Can she and her friends find a way to save it?

An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success

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Olivia Rodrigo as Grace Thomas Age 23 · Temecula, California, USA Olivia Isabel Rodrigo (born February 20, 2003) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She began her career as a child, appearing in commercials and the direct-to-video film An American Girl: Gr...

Virginia Madsen as Mrs. Thomas Age 64 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Virginia Gayle Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress and film producer. She made her film debut in Class (1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago. After she moved to Los Angele...

Eloise Webb as Sylvie Age 22 · Westminster, London, England Notable for her role as the young version of the title character in the 2015 movie version of Cinderella, Webb is also known for her childhood roles in the films The Iron Lady and Red Lights..

Caitlin Carmichael as Maddy Age 21 · Tifton, Georgia, USA Caitlin Carmichael (born 2004) is an American actress. Her credits include In the Motherhood (2008), Criminal Minds (2009), Shake It Up, iCarly, Hot in Cleveland, Law & Order: LA, and Bag of Bones (al...

Notlim Taylor as Ella Age 24 · Tarzana, California Actress who rose to fame as a child portraying Lola on Kevin Hart's Real Husbands of Hollywood and starred in NBC's Marlon. She is also recognizable for small guest roles in shows like Instant Mom and...

Director Vince Marcello

Cast Olivia Rodrigo, Virginia Madsen, Eloise Webb, Caitlin Carmichael, Notlim Taylor, Rafael Edholm, Krisztina Peremartoni, András Bálint, Fabrice Michel, Lili Bordán

Reno 7/10 May 04, 2016

> When an enthusiastic baker's skill was tested.

The ninth film in the 'American Girl' series, in that, fourth straight film for the director. Honestly, I have not seen all the films in the series, but I enjoyed those I've watched. This is a decent movie for all, especially for the families with the kids to watch on the weekend. I was not expecting it to be a fantastic, because children's films have certain limits and I know that very well. Usually the filmmakers push for a G or a PG tag for their product, that's why a film like this always appears to be so cheerful, and at a time silly as well.

A typical 'American Girl' movie, but only the theme was different. This time it is about the baking. A young girl Grace is passionate in baking who thinks one day she's going to take over her grandparents' bakery. In the summer holiday, she's forced to drop her all the plans with her two best friends, after an unexpected visit to aunt's in the Paris is decided. There she meets her cousin Sylvie who's not friendly and uncle who runs a small bakery with the quality foods. The cultural difference makes her to struggle to understand the French way of baking, but in the end she overcomes it and decides to take it back to the home to save her grandparents' troubled bakery.

> "Take risks. That's how you make amazing things happen."

In the several occasions I had postponed watching this for no reasons, but finally I saw this now. To declare it is a good or a bad movie is a very tough decision, but I can say I enjoyed watching it. Not all the adults going to like it, because there are too many scenes that feels so stupid for the matured people like us, especially the dog parts that makes us to say 'whaaat?'. But that is usual and expected in 'American Girl' films, so you have to ignore it if you decide to try it. There won't be any similar issues with the children, especially the girls who are the ones going to enjoy it more than anybody of us.

A simple movie about baking, that means it is not going to demonstrate how to bake bakery items for us, but still it inspires the kids. One thing is for sure, after watching this you will definitely feel you want to taste a delicious cupcake. Most of the cast was new to me, except Virginia Madsen. But everyone was good in their respective roles, especially the new face who played the title role. This is not an easy movie to suggest, but if you got a young girl in your house like a niece or a daughter, definitely worth it to show them and a reason for us to join them, especially to know how much they adore it.

6½/10