The Grand Seduction

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The Grand Seduction

PG-13

Released May 30, 2014

1h 55m

Comedy

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Residents of a small fishing community in Newfoundland charm a doctor into becoming the town's full-time physician in order to secure a vital factory contract.

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Critics Consensus

The Grand Seduction can't quite live up to the classic dramedies it seems to consciously evoke, but ambles sweetly enough to charm viewers in its own right.

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

The remake never manages to drum up much excitement for its sleepy hamlet rousing or for its characters, finally filled with purpose.

Dec 23, 2014

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

At best, this aspires to the whimsical charm of Local Hero; at worst, it simply steals from it.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 31, 2014

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

This is all about duels between rugged veterans. Cheery Gleeson and craggy Gordon Pinset steal the show.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 29, 2014

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Alex Behan

Stuff.co.nz

Based on a charming French film of the same name, it's safe, laid-back Sunday night viewing involving rural Canadians attempting to play a ridiculous game called cricket.

Oct 18, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

A comedy with a poignant edge.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 1, 2021

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

The Grand Seduction is not really a romcom. It's sweet farce in the Waking Ned Devine genre, the tale of a village making an idiot out of a city slicker-a narrative heist, so to speak.

Aug 7, 2019

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Tracey A

[SPOILERS] I was really looking forward to watching this film because of the local Canadian actors and the lead, Brendan Gleeson, who it is always a great joy to watch in all his roles. The movie tries to be a feel-good movie about a town of loveable quirky characters, but it ends up being about a bunch of self-interested horrible people trying to ensnare a hapless doctor. We're about 4/5 of the way through and it's cringeworthy all the way so far. I feel so bad for the doctor. Not sure we want to finish it even though we're so close to the end.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/08/24

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X O

This is really a very bad remake of local hero 1983. Grand seduction just doesn't have the same character or dryness or timing that local hero does. Watch the original. It is so much better. So much better.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/23

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Avalon T

One of the funniest movies I've enjoyed lately. Great acting, plot is not complicated but original. Just an all around fun, feel good movie- there are is so few of them lately. Spoiler alert- no graphic violence in this one.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Tonja V

It was nice to watch a movie that reminds you how hard work is fulfilling vs handouts. It was also interesting to see how the people all agreed that they wanted to continue living in their community vs relocating somewhere else to find work. So they worked as a community to make positive changes including cleaning up the area. I liked how they put a love interest in the movie, but it was not the usual sappy stuff. Great ending too, but I won't reveal.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/30/23

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Maysa A

A great comedy with a big heart and great acting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/29/23

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dave s

In Don McKellar's The Grand Seduction, an outsider arrives under unlikely circumstances in the Newfoundland fishing village of Tickle Head, eventually finding himself enamored with the town and its inhabitants. Sound familiar? Along the same lines as The Shipping News, Local Hero, and Waking Ned Devine, among others, the idea is nothing original. In fact, it is essentially a remake of a Quebecois film from a decade earlier. Regardless, it is a feelgood movie that works, despite the implausible storyline. The characters are eccentrically interesting, the scenery is beautiful, and Brendan Gleeson is wonderful as the ringleader trying to lure a doctor to commit to living and practicing in the isolated hamlet. It's not a great movie, but it sure is fun.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Residents of a small fishing community in Newfoundland charm a doctor into becoming the town's full-time physician in order to secure a vital factory contract.

Director: Don McKellar
Producer: Barbara Doran, Roger Frappier
Screenwriter: Michael Dowse, Ken Scott
Distributor: Entertainment One
Rating: PG-13 (Some Suggestive Material|Drug References)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 30, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 18, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.4M
Runtime: 1h 55m

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