In short, Just Say Yes.
Saving Grace
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United Kingdom · 2000
Rated R · 1h 33m
Director Nigel Cole
Starring Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tchéky Karyo
Genre Comedy, Crime
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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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What are critics saying?
I've shot people for less.
Constipated English whimsy for the easily tickled.
Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
A sweet, loopy British comedy filled with good actors and funny moments.
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
Blethyn glides through the proceedings elegantly, a comic swan among ducks.
A real high in a season filled with unfunny comedies.
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Thoroughly dotty and surprisingly endearing.
Has a charm that keeps you involved throughout.
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).
It's a breezy and entertaining little charmer.
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