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Bookmark this pageSaving Grace (1999)
Director: Nigel Cole
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From Time Out Film Guide
This turns on the comic incongruity of a prim and proper country lady (Blethyn) venturing into the high end dope-dealing business after finding her late husband has left her with something less than nothing. It's an evident confection, generous with provincial whimsy - and turns out to be very merry fun. What's different? In the first place, breadth of constituency: its populist inclusiveness encompasses diverse characters and audiences. After all, no one's going to set out specifically to ingratiate middle-aged housewives with a drug peddling romp, nor dope freaks with a story of a Cornish widow's belated liberation; compounding the two, however, results in refreshingly poignant silliness. The sensibility's very Ealing, which makes it a rose-tinted vision of England, but eminently lively and charming.Author: NB
Cast & crew
Director: Nigel Cole
Producer: Mark Crowdy
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tchéky Karyo, Jamie Foreman, Bill Bailey, Valerie Edmond, Tristan Sturrock, Clive Merrison, Leslie Phillips, Diana Quick, Phyllida Law full cast
Duration: 93 mins
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