PHM Movie Grace has an effect on people almost immediately
I noticed this right off at first viewing and the second time it was just a delight to watch again: Ryland Grace has this almost immediate effect on people: he causes them to loosen up and just play. People immediately love him and thaw around him. Of course his students love him. But also, Carl melts into someone who is willing to play bowling for foil in the aisle of a hardware store and buy about 50 packs of skittles. The PHM team goes from a team of hardnose professionals who just met a weirdo, to bantering back at him after only a minute or two. Stratt, too, is affected by the warmth of his sun. But tragically, she can't let herself get too close to him (or anyone on this project) because of the kinds of decisions she was hired to make. The movie did this REALLY well, by the way. You can see how heartbreaking it is for her throughout the whole piece.














