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Saving Grace
2000
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 |
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| Director | Nigel Cole |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Saving Grace
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 gets herself caught between the police, some serious London drug pushers, and the real estate agents who have a claim on the estate, audiences will certainly turn a blind eye to the law in order to "save Grace."
| Starring | Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tchéky Karyo, Jamie Foreman, Bill Bailey, Valerie Edmond, Leslie Phillips, Clive Merrison, Diana Quick |
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| Director | Nigel Cole |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 14 Jan 2002 Production year: 2000 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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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.
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"...With its lush photography and pleasing romantic angle, this old-fashioned comedy is funny enough to generate a buzz..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
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17 out of 23 people found this review helpful
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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. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
potent comedy!
the frase 'merry widow' springs to mind! faltless performances from both brenda blethyn and craig ferguson makes this one unmissable. if you dont laugh at this one you better check you still have a pulse!
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