Saving Grace

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Saving Grace

R

Released Sep 1, 2000

1h 34m

Comedy

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Brenda Blethyn stars as Grace Trevethen, whose late husband jumped out of a plane without a parachute. Grace has been left with a manor on the Cornish Coast - and the massive, suffocating mountain of debt her husband had been secretly amassing. Now, with creditors and repossessors on her heels, Grace is faced with the prospect of losing everything. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so when Grace is asked to tend an ailing, if illicit, plant she gets an outrageous idea.

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Critics Consensus

The plot and basis for jokes are slight, but Saving Grace is indeed saved by some charming performances, most notably Brenda Blethyn's.

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Michael Thomson

BBC.com

The script has been worked on to great effect so that the timing of the comedy is just right, the punchlines are delivered in all the proper places, and there is breathing space in between the bouts of increasing comic madness.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 5, 2024

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Edward Lawrenson

Sight & Sound

In trying too hard to convince us what good eggs his characters are, Cole creates a shapeless, dramatically unengaging movie.

Dec 2, 2002

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Saving Grace has a lovely Cornish setting and Blethyn to recommend it, but mostly it's a contact mediocre.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 22, 2002

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 3/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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My N

Light-hearted, sometimes silly, but thoroughly entertaining story about a 'wealthy' widow (Blethyn) who discovers that her deceased husband has lost everything, including their beautiful home, in poor investments and business deals gone bad. Craig Ferguson is a surprise as a her devoted gardner and friend who forges a new kind of alliance to benefit them both. Predictable in some ways, but charming and funny.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/27/25

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Alejandro E

It's not easy being green. The friendly side of marijuana in a British comedy with no other purpose than to entertain and it does it quite well, enough to easily bring out more than one smile.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/24

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steve d

It was too dark and depressing for my taste. It's tone was confused.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I had a right good laugh watching it really made me smile and a good story line the ending could have been a bit better but all together a great film

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Absolutely a brilliant hilarious film, the cast, writing, production is 100% brilliance. One of my all time favourites and Brenda is amazing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

One of the best of British comedies. Very funny.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/11/23

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Synopsis

Brenda Blethyn stars as Grace Trevethen, whose late husband jumped out of a plane without a parachute. Grace has been left with a manor on the Cornish Coast - and the massive, suffocating mountain of debt her husband had been secretly amassing. Now, with creditors and repossessors on her heels, Grace is faced with the prospect of losing everything. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so when Grace is asked to tend an ailing, if illicit, plant she gets an outrageous idea.

Director: Nigel Cole
Screenwriter: Craig Ferguson, Mark Crowdy, Mark Crowdy
Distributor: Fine Line Features, New Line Home Video [us]
Production Co: Homerun Productions, Sky Pictures, Wave Pictures, Rich Pickings, Portman Entertainment Group
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.1M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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