June 21, 2009
This movie was totally charming. I've liked Craig Ferguson ever since I first saw him on the 'Drew Carey Show".
Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Denise Coffey
An aristocratic English widower learns of her husband's secret life of debauchery. The news leaves her shaken and financially insecure, until she is helped by the caretaker of her manor to regain her ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 19, 2000
Stats: 822 reviews
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May 28, 2008I thought it was one of the cleverest comedies I've ever seen. Craig Ferguson and Brenda Blethyn are both really good actors (or actress, referring to the latter). An old (middle - aged) lady who grows weed? It sounds ridiculous, but it's actually original and almost ... poignant...( read more)
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March 20, 2008There is so much to love in this sweet British drug comedy. The outstanding ensemble cast are brilliant, but none moreso than Brenda Blethyn's green thumbed widow. I could watch her in anything. Nice simple story, with loads of genuine laughs and such beautiful countryside to boo...( read more)
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November 18, 2009A clever little English film.... "Saving Grace" being a saying, somebody's saving grace is something they have which is usefull... & they have the main character's name as "Grace".
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August 7, 2009A really warm & touching film about friendship with a little grass thrown in for comedic relief. I enjoyed the film and all the different characters scattered throughout the film.
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July 24, 2009I wonder if the TV Show "Weeds" came off of this movie in some way.....It was good. The lady who played Grace was such a sweetheart. It was a good funny movie.
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July 13, 2009Cute and cheesy British comedy. The best part was the pub entertainment - the whole movie is worth it for the giggles in that moment. :)
Critic Reviews
March 22, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
May 10, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Blethyn's solid-gold charm turns Saving Grace into a comic high. full review
January 1, 2000
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Ultimately, all the jokes exploit the same tired premise, which is the spectacle of variously dotty and stuffy Englishmen and women getting stoned, wittingly and not. full review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
We're left with a promising idea for a comedy, which arrives at some laughs but never finds its destination. full review
January 1, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
It's a breezy and entertaining little charmer that works because it's not rendered on too precious a scale. full review
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
A rote treatment of a tired subject. full review
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