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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780780633339 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0780633334 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 19, 2000 Running Time: 95 minutes Sales Rank: 3175 Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Amazon.com: Imagine a Cheech and Chong pothead comedy, only instead of two scruffy lowlifes, the movie is about an aimless Scottish gardener and a middle-aged British widow with a green thumb. Grace (Brenda Blethyn of Secrets and Lies and Little Voice) has just discovered that her recently deceased husband has left her with an enormous debt when her gardener Matthew (Craig Ferguson, The Big Tease) asks her to help him tend to his small, personal-use marijuana crop. Grace soon realizes that they can turn her green house into a hydroponics laboratory and turn out a profitable crop--if only they can keep the local constables at bay and then find a dealer to actually sell the stuff. Saving Grace has well-developed characters, intelligent dialogue, a charming and capable cast, and clean, clear direction. But at heart it's still a marijuana comedy, with most of its funniest moments coming from the silly, stoned behavior of elderly ladies and other stuffy Brits. Nothing wrong with that, and Blethyn and Ferguson give the film a strong anchor. The ending goes a little over-the-top, but most of the movie is well-grounded in genuine human behavior. A subplot about Matthew's girlfriend's pregnancy is treated with respect and integrity. Sweet, silly, and sincere. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - saving grace
I thought this was a fun film. Didn't have to concentrate watching the plot unfold. Scenery lovely and overall good film for a wet day. Made me feel good.
Rating: - A Joint Venture
In a quaint Cornish village, local matron and horticulturalist Grace Trevethyn (Brenda Blethyn) finds herself a new widow with an insurmountable pile of debt. The whole town commiserates with Grace's predicament, but it is Matthew, her gardener (Craig Ferguson), who comes up with a sure-fire plot to raise money for both of them: He will take his few, sickly pot plants to her fancy greenhouse, grow the plants with hydroponics, and make a fortune for both of them!
Rating: - Delightful!
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out a few years ago simply because a friend dragged me to it...
It was one of the funniest and best written movies I saw that year. I recently added it to my DVD collection simply to be able to share with friends who have not have had the privilege of seeing it. To date, everyone that I have shared it with have expressed the same opinion that I have:
HIGHLY recommended!!
Rating: - Best movie ever with "Pot" as a saving grace
I do not condone drug movies but I make an exception for this one. A good plot line, laughter and delemas. Turned out even my grandchildren could watch it, with parents permission. Don't sell this movie short. It's excellent.
Rating: - absolutely wonderful
the scene with the two old ladies in the store is worth every penny you pay for this wonderful British comedy about the bud.