Despite a cast that included Heather Graham, Alan Cumming, and Sissy Spacek, 'Gray Matters' struggled to achieve a wide cinema release and finished its cinema run having made less than $1m in takings. In short, it was a disaster. That's a shame, as it's a fun and gentle comedy with a poignant story and likable characters.
The long and short of the script is that Graham's character Gray Baldwin is trying to set her unlucky-in-love brother up with a woman, only to fall in love with the woman herself. Her brother and her intended target fall in love and agree to get married, only for Gray and the bride-to-be to kiss on her hen night. A voyage of self-discovery ensues with jokes and sadness included, all of which is performed with authenticity and heart by Graham. It's apparently based on the real-life tale of writer and director Sue Kramer's sister.