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Saving Grace

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 33 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 12 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Mark Crowdy (also story)
Craig Ferguson
Directed by: Nigel Cole
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 4, 2000
DVD: December 19, 2000
Running Time: 94 minutes, Color
Origin: UK
Summary
RATING: R for drug content and language
Starring Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, and Martin Clunes
A recent widow finds herself with a home and large garden, and also a large mortgage and other debts. Her gardener suggests a way to solve the problem and use all the gardens. . .grow marijuana.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
LA Weekly F. X. Feeney
It's a fresh installment in what appears to be a self-perpetuating sitcom of British life.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Jan Stuart
It makes you giggle. That's the dark, dirty secret. You giggle. You giggle again.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Ron Dicker
It has enough humanity to let the humor tickle, and a subject that will evoke memories for anyone who has ever smoked a joint or just said no.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
A comedy of the old school. Depending on your view of the current state of screen humor, that's either a promise or a warning.
Read Full Review >USA Today 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).
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
After an uproarious first half, Saving Grace arrives at its conclusion somewhat hastily and conveniently.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Has that same air of silly innocence, a rarity in today's movies.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Blethyn's solid-gold charm turns Saving Grace into a comic high.
Boston Globe Jay Carr
It's funny and charming most of the time, thanks to Brenda Blethyn.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Whimsy and wit are the saving graces of much British movie comedy, and Saving Grace has a decent measure of both.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Blethyn glides through the proceedings elegantly, a comic swan among ducks.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
That they're English and elderly apparently makes their antics screamingly funny to people who would turn up their noses at similar humor in a film like "Scary Movie."
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
Grace is not as tightly wound as the best of its breed, but it is a genial way to pass the time.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Wrings laughs from the antics of affable, eccentric villagers who cheerily break the law.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Never quite rises above its one-joke situation.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Blethyn's lively acting and some visually amusing moments lend spice to this minor but engaging comedy.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Determined to be inoffensively tidy and cute above all else.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
A sweet, loopy British comedy filled with good actors and funny moments.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
We're left with a promising idea for a comedy, which arrives at some laughs but never finds its destination.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut Susannah Breslin
Better in the end to skip it, and make Mother go it alone.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut Susannah Breslin
Better in the end to skip it, and make Mother go it alone.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Dennis gave it a10:
Hilarious Beautiful location (Port Isaac).
Gilbert M. gave it a 7:
Decent film though.
Misha H. gave it a 9:
An enjoyable comedy... bound to make you laugh.
Geordie S. gave it a 9:
Not "Ned Divine," but a heck of a funny movie. Not high art, but laughed out loud in a movie theatre for the first time in just ages.
Gillian T. gave it a 10:
Best movie ever.
Ryan M. gave it an 8:
A mostly good fairy tale. A fable in the same category as "Chocolat" and "Waking Ned Devine," "Saving Grace" may charm and please but might be unpleasuring to some. But it sure pleasured me.
