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Saving Grace

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  • Rated:
  • 70
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SAVING GRACE is genuinely funny British comedy about Grace, a recently widowed woman who risks losing her wonderful estate and beautiful garden because of the huge debts her husband left when he died. To cure her financial ailments, she uses her horticultural talent to raise--and then sell--marijuana plants. But, when Grace .. Read more

Starring Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tchéky Karyo
Director Nigel Cole
Run time 90 mins
Genres Comedy

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    An updated, Ealing-style comedy, with marijuana instead of whisky galore and Brenda Blethyn in the role that, 50 years ago, would have gone to Margaret Rutherford. The star of Secrets and Lies and Little Voice is the eponymous Grace, a recently widowed housewife whose late husband has left her with a mountain of debts to pay. The only way to keep her beautiful Cornish mansion is to grow ganja with the aid of her Scottish handyman, Craig Ferguson (The Big Tease). A host of familiar TV faces (Martin Clunes, Leslie Phillips, Diana Quick) jockey for position, but the screenplay (a joint effort by Ferguson and Mark Crowdy) is more juvenile than risqué and makes tittering pot-shots at the expense of credible characterisation and plot development.

    • Radio Times
  • "...With its lush photography and pleasing romantic angle, this old-fashioned comedy is funny enough to generate a buzz..." -- 3 out of 4 stars

    • USA Today
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  • 16 out of 22 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Tiresome whimsy

    A perfect example of a predictably whimsical piece of English cosiness. If undemanding, formulaic cuteness is what you enjoy watching, by all means go for this film: there are worse ways to waste an hour and a half. But there are a great many better ways too.

    It's a little sad to see actors of the calibre of Brenda Blethyn in this sort of combination of ITV comedy-drama and a Hovis ad.

    British scripwriting has the potential to be a hell of a lot better than this work.

      • Rehan from London
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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    A brilliant film

    This was a brilliant film, I haven't seen such a funny film in ages. Would recommend this film to any one who enjoys good old British humour. Also a very beautiful location which has inspired me to spend my holidays there this year.

      • JOSI2 from Kent
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