I thought I was going to get diabetic acidosis from the ultra sweet and religious context that lead me to expect Grace's problems were going to be explained away, so I was somewhat relieved that events took a serious twist. It's hard to imagine how such a family could have dealt with what Grace actually was and it feels like that fact was used to justify de facto euthanasia, further rationalized by Grace's own supposed desire to die.
Some missing context details, such as how Grace had been institutionalized for so long as the result of an accident and why, exactly, her brother suddenly decided to "do the right thing" by bringing her to his home and family, a question even more emphasized by his sudden reversal at the end, all contribute to the manipulative feel of this move. I can imagine plausible connections to fill in the holes left by these questions, but there's nothing in the story as the movie presents it to support those hypotheticals, leaving viewers with a case for euthanasia, or Social Darwinism, which, if you're predisposed to support you would likely favor this movie for that effect. However, if you're predisposed to oppose those kinds of rationalizations, this move looks like propaganda with a religious buzzz.
Some missing context details, such as how Grace had been institutionalized for so long as the result of an accident and why, exactly, her brother suddenly decided to "do the right thing" by bringing her to his home and family, a question even more emphasized by his sudden reversal at the end, all contribute to the manipulative feel of this move. I can imagine plausible connections to fill in the holes left by these questions, but there's nothing in the story as the movie presents it to support those hypotheticals, leaving viewers with a case for euthanasia, or Social Darwinism, which, if you're predisposed to support you would likely favor this movie for that effect. However, if you're predisposed to oppose those kinds of rationalizations, this move looks like propaganda with a religious buzzz.