By the Grace of...

A beautiful film exploring death, time, and relationships both novel and old. It's a thoughtful exploration of difficult questions and themes and uses an effective script, colors, dream sequences, and a documentary style format to explore them. I'm not surprised it has won so many awards--this isn't your typical film nor a regurgitation of a big budget Hollywood production but a truly a refreshing way to tell one's story. I cried watching the film and look forward to seeing more from this director.

A raw and beautiful portrait of someone dealing with his world turning upside down. I'm very honored to have been involved with this film that is not only a personal story of crisis, but a true-to-life illustration of the importance of friendship.

I enjoyed it overall. Yes the budget is obviously smaller than your typical blockbuster but the resulting emotions are raw and powerful. Certainly raising awareness of Huntington disease.

Really beautiful film - smart, New Wave-esque pacing, while also posing challenging, thoughtfully articulated questions about what we're meant to do with the time we have.

By the Grace of... is serious contender for best 2021 autofictional film alongside Bergman Island by Mia Hansen-Løve that extrapolate on the experience of being a filmmaker and how the vicissitudes of life impact the desire to make movies.

Compared to the serialized autofictional works like Lena Dunham's Girls (also an Oberlin grad), Aziz Ansari's Master of None, or Jill Soloway's I Love Dick, Reid is able to succinctly weave a narrative that touches the highpoints of the struggle of disease and filmmaking. It also benefits from having better supporting actors that don't rest on celebrity laurels like the above mentioned television programs.

The film lacks any aspects of escapism and instead is gutting throughout- prepare yourself before watching.