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Saving Grace

Saving Grace

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Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts from her late husband. Faced with losing her home, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana to resolve her debts.

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90

Dallas Observer by Bill Gallo

In short, Just Say Yes.

88

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

A real high in a season filled with unfunny comedies.

80

Salon by Stephanie Zacharek

It's a breezy and entertaining little charmer.

80

Film.com by Peter Brunette

Has a charm that keeps you involved throughout.

80

Los Angeles Times by Jan Stuart

It makes you giggle. That's the dark, dirty secret. You giggle. You giggle again.

80

Variety by Joe Leydon

Harvests a bumper crop of laughs.

80

L.A. Weekly by F. X. Feeney

It's a fresh installment in what appears to be a self-perpetuating sitcom of British life.

80

Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector

Solid formula comedy.

75

USA Today by Staff [Not Credited]

Though not quite up to "The Full Monty" or "Waking Ned Devine," there's just enough left in that overseas whimsy stockpile to generate good buzz (the word-of-mouth moviegoer kind).

75

New York Daily News by Jami Bernard

Has that same air of silly innocence, a rarity in today's movies.

70

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

Thoroughly dotty and surprisingly endearing.

70

Village Voice by Dennis Lim

Constipated English whimsy for the easily tickled.

63

Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

Blethyn glides through the proceedings elegantly, a comic swan among ducks.

50

Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan

A sweet, loopy British comedy filled with good actors and funny moments.

40

Slate by David Edelstein

I've shot people for less.