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Summary: Saving Grace
Review: This summer has been one of the worst seasons in a long time for movies. I've been wanting to go to the movies the entire summer but not a single film appealed to me. Then I heard Saving Grace was an enjoyable film. So I decided to go check it out. And to my surprise no doubt was it the best film this summer. The characters were funny and genuine. It was one of the few movies that can appeal to adults and teenagers. The film was also an entirely original idea. Not so much a cheesy love story, a traumatic wheather situation, psyco killer, like the rest of the usual films. I'd reccomend people who enjoy british humor, and a lot of ganga to see this film.
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Summary: Enjoyable way to spend an afternoon
Review: Grace is left with a massive amount of debt after the untimely death of her philandering husband. To make ends meet, she and her trusted gardener decide to grow an enormous amount of pot. Don't want to spoil the movie for those of you who haven't seen it -- let's just say that there are many funny scenes involving locals getting high and some very tender touching scenes as well. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Terrific Movie!
Review: A comedy about a sweet, debt-plagued, little old English lady who grows marijuana to keep her 300-year old house off the auction block? Why not? And while we're at it, can you throw in a naked bobby? "Saving Grace" is one of the cooler movies I've seen this year, having flown right in under the hype radar. Oh, sure, I saw a trailer for it earlier while visiting San Francisco, but I live in Georgia - not exactly the foreign film capitol of the world. So when this movie appeared and my wife said she wanted to see it, I was a little surprised. The story is plausible enough; when her debt-plagued, cheatin' husband steps out of an airplane without a parachute ("Maybe he was looking for the loo," says one naive old gal) and leaves her in terrible debt and up to her ears in bad business dealings, Grace Trevethyn is desperate. So desperate that she begins growing marijuana in her greenhouse (the scene depicting Grace tossing her award-winning orchids out the door to make room is hysterical). The film takes place in Cornwall and the sound was a little muddy, so I had trouble understanding everyone at first, but after the first twenty minutes or so it was fine. With the exception of a small-time drug dealer, who is played too goofy for my tastes, all of the performances are top notch. The real surprise here is Craig Ferguson (the Drew Carey show's Mr. Wicke), who plays a very sweet, sensitive Scottish gardener with visions of pot buds dancing in his head. He also co-wrote & co-produced. I laughed through the entire film. Director Nigel Cole has a terrific comedic sense and was able to make even a few of the background scenes funny. In the end, everything turns out just the way you want it to, though not in the way you expect, which is perfect for a little movie you weren't even sure you wanted to see in the first place. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: "WORST POT MOVIE EVER!"
Review: Yes, that's exactly what the comic book man on the Simpsons would say if he had the wherewithal to make it through this piece of ^%!@# (without noticing that they totally ripped his persona off for the character of the "hippy" pot dealer in London!). Basically, this movie would be a mediocre 2 stars if not for the soundtrack. The soundtrack makes it sink into Capt. Nemo territory! I really give this movie -420 stars (get it! ) This movie is SCHWAG! (ANd the plants/bud don't even look real! )
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Summary: Better than I thought
Review: I saw the preview to this film on TV.... Didn't really quite interest me I'd have to say. BUT one of my friends wanted to see it so I agreed to see it. And to my satisfaction this film was quite entertaining. It is about a woman who's husband just died(he had been cheating on her, ....! ) So anyway, he dies and she is left with everything that he has and own. Come to find out HE'S FLAT OUT BROKE, BANKRUPT(about hmmm 300,000 pounds in debt) So she is left with this burden. She has no "real" job and has NO money. She has bills collectors up to wazoo trying to get their money... Shes going insane and she needs money. One day a "miracle" happens, her gardner(which she claims him to be a horrid one)has these plants that he had been raising (weed) that isnt growing. She a gardner herself with a green house agrees to take one to raise and take care of, since she is a gardner and there is a sick plant. One day she asks her gardner how much the weed is worth.... And the story takes off... Lets just say she raises about 20 kilos of this stuff and tries to get LOTS of money for it to pay off her bills.... Movies ends with, everyone is HIGH and she ends up marrying...... Watch this amazingly funny film. You'll love the northern lights(you'll see what I mean!
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Summary: Pass the dutchie, Grace
Review: I loved Brenda Blethyn so much in "Secrets and Lies" that picking up "Saving Grace" was a no-brainer for me. Grace Trevethyn (Blethyn) is devestated by her husband's sudden suicide, but even more astonished at what apparently brought it on- he mortgaged everything they own and the bank is ready to foreclose. As Grace brainstorms how to get the dosh to keep her home, her gardner and loyal friend Matthew ("Drew Carey"s Craig Ferguson), whose girlfriend is unexpectedly pregnant, offers Grace a solution that will solve their prospective money woes: use Grace's horticulture know-how and ample greenhouse to nurse and multiply his marijuana plant to sell to a dealer. The humor sometimes slips into Benny Hill mode as Matthew and his doctor friend Martin (played by "British Men Behaving Badly"'s Martin Clunes, who is also the voice of the children's cartoon "Kipper")help Grace fend off the bank and the cops, not to mention the stodgy residents who all know what Grace is up to, but don't discuss it. One of the films funniest moments comes when two old ladies (one of whom is played by Emma Thompson's Mum Phyllida Law) stumble upon Grace's stash and think it's tea. They brew up a cuppa and get seriously stoned. Then, the film takes a more ridiculous approach as Grace and her husband's mistress enter a seedy London club to find a dealer to sell the stuff to. Still, this little ripple isn't enough to bring "Saving Grace" down to 4 stars for me. All around jolly good fun!
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Summary: British people + marijuana = laughs
Review: "Saving Grace" tells the story of a fairly prim British widow (played by Brenda Blethyn) who, after finding that her irresponsible late husband has left her impoverished, decides to grow marijuana to pay off the debts. Much sneakiness and hilarity results as she enters into a partnership with a transplanted Scotsman to pull the caper off. "Saving Grace" has its flaws: some of the plot turns are hard to swallow, and the ending sequence feels awkwardly tacked on. But a terrific ensemble cast, led by the wonderful Blethyn, helps make up for any flaws in the script. There is some sparkling dialogue, including a hilarious literary debate on the relative merits of Franz Kafka and Jackie Collins. And one character's pub tirade had me laughing so hard I was literally in tears. The marijuana-related humor will, I'm sure, not be to everyone's taste. But the film has a good-heartedness and wit that may win over even those with strong "Just say No!" tendencies. Give "Grace" a try.
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Summary: laugh out loud fun
Review: How this movie did not win any awards, I will never know. I was laughing for days after watching this clever, funny, sweet, movie....if you were not lucky enough to catch this one in theatres, buy it...you wont be sorry.
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Summary: Pass the dutchie, Grace
Review: I loved Brenda Blethyn so much in "Secrets and Lies" that picking up "Saving Grace" was a no-brainer for me. Grace Trevethyn (Blethyn) is devestated by her husband's sudden suicide, but even more astonished at what apparently brought it on- he mortgaged everything they own and the bank is ready to foreclose. As Grace brainstorms how to get the dosh to keep her home, her gardner and loyal friend Matthew ("Drew Carey"s Craig Ferguson), whose girlfriend is unexpectedly pregnant, offers Grace a solution that will solve their prospective money woes: use Grace's horticulture know-how and ample greenhouse to nurse and multiply his marijuana plant to sell to a dealer. The humor sometimes slips into Benny Hill mode as Matthew and his doctor friend Martin (played by "British Men Behaving Badly"'s Martin Clunes, who is also the voice of the children's cartoon "Kipper")help Grace fend off the bank and the cops, not to mention the stodgy residents who all know what Grace is up to, but don't discuss it. One of the films funniest moments comes when two old ladies (one of whom is played by Emma Thompson's Mum Phyllida Law) stumble upon Grace's stash and think it's tea. They brew up a cuppa and get seriously stoned. Then, the film takes a more ridiculous approach as Grace and her husband's mistress enter a seedy London club to find a dealer to sell the stuff to. Still, this little ripple isn't enough to bring "Saving Grace" down to 4 stars for me. All around jolly good fun!
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Summary: It'll sneak up on you
Review: This charming, amusing film starts out fairly quiet and unassuming. When the recently widowed Grace Trevethyn (Brenda Blethyn) finds that her husband left her with a pile of debt, she slowly realizes that if she doesn't find a way to increase her income dramatically, she would lose her house. Her gardener Matthew Stewart (Craig Ferguson) encourages her to help him with his struggling pot plants. She takes this to her greenhouse and is hit by an idea on how to make money. All this is encouraged by her doctor Martin Bamford (Martin Clunes). Watching the remaining sequence of events unfold will leave you laughing.
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