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Summary: Moving - well written and acted
Review: This is a great film. If you like movies that tug at your heart then this is for you. It brings all the emotions and the movie leaves you with mixed emotions of sadness and happiness. The way the main character changes the town is a great story told. The adult subject matter of "Percy's" story is handled in very good taste. I would also recommend "The Mighty" and "Paulie" as two other good films to watch for the family.
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Summary: A Heartbreaking Treasure
Review: This is a moving and rewarding film that places our heart in it's palm and slowly squeezes until we feel it's pain. You will never forget Alison Elliot's quiet performance of young Percy Talbot, fresh from prison and trying to start her life over. In a sad and pivotal moment in the film, she reveals the heartbreaking reason she was incarcerated, and why she has picked Gilead, Maine to start over; "I thought maybe....in someplace small..." The day to day life of a small town and it's people is perfectly captured as Percy comes to work for Hannah (Ellen Burstyn) at The Spitfire Grill. Hannah knows about pain and gives Percy a chance. Marcia Gay Harden gives a fine performance as a shy and sweet soul who's husband uses her for a doorstop and hates Percy for being her friend and encouraging her to be herself. Many lives are touched in this small town by Percy who has seemingly found her home at The Spitfire Grill in Gilead, Maine. There is the mystery of the food Percy leaves out back at Hannah's request that is gone the next morning. There is the underlying sadness of Percy's past that is always present. An essay contest to find a new owner for the Grill so Hannah can retire is part of the small town mosaic painted in this wonderful film. There is tragedy as well as we are reminded how life does not always give us the chance to start over. There is also redemption and the message that what we do in our lives does affect others and can even change the way they think. To say this is a small independent film is to do it an injustice. This is a great big film about the small things in life, the things that matter. If you really love the movies and want to see something you'll remember and keep in your heart forever then this is your DVD. Don't miss this one.....
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Summary: A wonderful story about the power of hope and compassion.
Review: This is a story of a young woman with a second chance who picks a small town in Maine to start over. She battles with some small-town minds who are unforgiving but gains the love and support of some. The viewer gets to see lives being changed as each of the main characters struggles with their own issues. Suitable for family viewing although one part of the movie will need to be discussed with pre-teens. If you're looking for a movie with some good, old-fashioned messages of love-one-another, this is it. It's well done and worth more than one look.
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Summary: Beautiful!!
Review: This is an absolutely beautiful movie that will make you appreciate life and see its magic once again. Along the way it will also make you cry and laugh. The Spitfire Grill is so refreshing...I have never seen another movie like it, with so much spirit. Alison Elliott is wonderful.
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Summary: Beautiful!!
Review: This is an absolutely beautiful movie that will make you appreciate life and see its magic once again. Along the way it will also make you cry and laugh. The Spitfire Grill is so refreshing...I have never seen another movie like it, with so much spirit. Alison Elliott is wonderful.
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Summary: Awesome Movie
Review: This movie is awesome and truly inspirational movie. I first heard of this movie in my Comm 2 class and we started to watch. At first I thought it would be dumb and boring but as I got further into the movie the more I liked it. I was inspired by the way Percy didn't let all the rude commets get to her. She didn't care about what others said because only she knew what she went through to get to the Spitfire Grill. The people knew she was in prison for 5 years because she killed someone but they didn't know why she killed someone. Now I am not saying it is okay to kill someone but don't judge people because of their past. Just because they make one bad mistake doesn't mean that they are going to make that misktake again. Also Percy already had enough guilt because she knew what she did so why does she more guilt. I truly loved how she connected with Hannah's son without meeting him. I thought this movie showed the true meaning of caring for other people(...). I recommened that everyone watch because it is awesome.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This movie is one of the very best. Check it out
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Summary: Want to cry?
Review: This movie is so touching; it grabs your heart so hard that more tears roll down your face than one kleenex can hold. It's a great movie for the family and couples!!!
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Summary: its a very touching movie
Review: this movie is very touching. the story is a great story. i cried through the whole movie. it is a tearjerker and it makes you think. i recomend this movie.
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Summary: Modern Tragedy
Review: With what it costs to make movies these days, we seldom get a genuinely tragedy. Seldom is now. The story revolves around a "wounded healer." Those familiar with "The Song of Bernadette" know what I am on about: the "wounded healer" goes about making everybody's life better, healing estrangements, supporting the broken hearted, making the weak to stand on their own two feet. The problem is that her magic cannot work for her. She can't heal herself. And she is the most injured person she knows. Of course, there are those skeptics who are not healed because they refuse to accept her gift. In this case, it is Nahum (played marvelously by Will Patten) who is the heavy. The result is inevitable as the circle closes and Percy's do-gooding manages to heal everybody, but herself. A great movie. A tear jerker that really gives you something to cry about. My only criticism is Alison Elliot is no singer and she doesn't know the tune to "Balm in Gilead."
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