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2007

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An English community gets testy when a refuge family is granted a plot of land on which to grow vegetables. Read more

Starring	Nathalie Armin, William Atkinson, Olivia Colman, Omid Djalili
Director	Richard Laxton
Genres	Comedy

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- There are those in British cinema â" namely producers, financiers and UK Film Council execs â" who hark on about... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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  Understated but quite brilliant British film...
  
  Hot on the heels of 'This Is England' this is another excellent British release, dealing in a way with the same subject (racism), but in a more subtle ... read more »
  
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  - Ashton-Under-Lyne
  - 17 Jun 2007 at 11:59
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  Allotment holders will love this
  
  I love this film. I found the storylines very touching and felt a real connection to the characters. Funny and brilliant, it's a real British classic.
  
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- - Zobo
  - 3 reviews
  - Lake District, Cumbria
  - 11 Oct 2011 at 14:55
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  Thought-provoking
  
  We watched this with our children (12 and 11) and it made them think about racism and some of the casual aspects of it in British society. At the same time, the... read more »
  
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  - Isle of Man
  - 07 Sep 2011 at 20:07
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  Rent this film !
  
  Do yourself a favour - rent this film. A wonderful script. Great acting, especially by Omid Djalili and Eddie Marsden.
  
  I'm surprised it's so ... read more »
  
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  - mstratfo1234
  - 9 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Aug 2011 at 10:52
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  Touching Film
  
  Excellent family film lovely story. well worth watching and there is a message there for those who take the time.
  
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- - a customer
  - 22 Jul 2011 at 00:08
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  very green & very very grey
  
  CRAP.
  
  Very green, very dull, and VERY boring.
  
  Nothing happens! I may aswell have popped down the road to my local allotments & stuck a... read more »
  
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- - vanilla_quiff
  - 265 reviews
  - Gatwick, England
  - 04 May 2011 at 21:47
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  Get an allotment
  
  A bit plastic and not v.realistic
  
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  - Earlsdon
  - 26 Nov 2010 at 19:55
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  nice little film
  
  nice film but kind of forgetable. it strolls along pleasantly with a couple of decent characters and a reasonable plot....as an allotment person i would like to... read more »
  
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- - harleybumtum
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  - Stafford
  - 17 Nov 2010 at 17:22
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  Over Simplified and Sentimental
  
  This over simplified view of the racial tensions that exist in British society was produced in a televisual way somewhat akin to the Vicar of Dibley/One Foot in... read more »
  
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- - Cato
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  - Lydbury North
  - 01 Aug 2010 at 12:12
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  This should be obligatory viewing
  
  I admit I got the wrong film when ordering this. I hadn't realised what a deeply complex and touching film I was putting in the DVD machine when I ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham
  - 15 Jun 2010 at 16:06
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  Great and understated
  
  Great, thought provoking film. Handles the trickly subject of racism in a very subtle way in an ordinary context that makes one think deeply about it rather ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 12 Jun 2010 at 13:08
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  Understated but quite brilliant British film...
  
  Hot on the heels of 'This Is England' this is another excellent British release, dealing in a way with the same subject (racism), but in a more subtle ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 450495
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  - PaulaWestwood
  - 397 reviews
  - Ashton-Under-Lyne
  - 17 Jun 2007 at 11:59
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  Undersold...
  
  This film is very sweet and poignant, it's such a shame we don't promote our own home grown talent better. I've passed it around my family and ... read more »
  
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- - Sam Salter
  - Orpington
  - 06 Nov 2007 at 11:59
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  Grow your Own
  
  We loved this so much we're getting it for Christmas. A truly lovely film about people from different races and backgrounds learning to get along together ... read more »
  
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  - Scarborough
  - 26 Nov 2007 at 11:22
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  Moving
  
  A moving,poignant film.How awful;how ignorant some indigenous Brits are in their treatment of immigrants! How 'Little Hitlerish' some people are when ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 30 Oct 2007 at 11:11
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  Fabulous British Film
  
  Well worth watching, the film follows life on some allotments, when immigrants are given some plots to tend the locals do not like it, the story unfolds to be a... read more »
  
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  - hereford england
  - 08 Jan 2008 at 12:08
- - 7
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  Gardening: The new revolution!
  
  Brilliant. Just brilliant. A fantastic example of the sort of film that the british industry produces. Low-key, unlikely subjects as a backdrop. Thought-... read more »
  
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  - Lichfield.
  - 10 Jan 2008 at 10:31
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  Grow your own
  
  Very slow throughout - pretty miserable story line. Found it quite hard to keep interested.
  
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  - Liverpool
  - 05 Jan 2008 at 23:32
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  Fantastic
  
  A true insight into the world of the allotment, including the politics and ignorance of some of the 'oldies' that tend to run these places!
  
  ... read more »
  
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  - Carshalton
  - 23 Jan 2008 at 16:50
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  Grow Your Own
  
  As a keen allotment gardener, I was nervous about the angle this film would take - would they patronise or would they over-romanticise our hobby? I needn't... read more »
  
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  - Great Yarmouth
  - 11 Feb 2008 at 12:35
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  rubbish
  
  i can not believe this film was made it is boring with little story line and a definate sleeping pill.
  
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  - Westerham
  - 17 Jan 2008 at 13:59

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