Which pretty much summarizes it...
Saving Grace is simply the best comedy I've seen in a very long time. It doesn't surprise me at all it's a British film. As with those horrible US "comedies" of the last two years or so, and the German comedies not much better actually, it is refreshing to see a film with so much heart and brains again.
You could see from its premise that this would be a very original movie, but it was really so much more. Brenda Blethyn, one of my favorites since Secrets & Lies, shines again, the supporting cast does no less. The scenery is simply gorgeous (and that I say as anything but a fan of the cold, rough climate and landscape of Cornwall...), the writing's spot-on, there's not a single gag in the movie that doesn't work; suffice it to say: the rest just falls into place.
Kudos to everyone involved. I can't wait to see more gems like that in this (so far) dull movie season 2000. 10 out of 10.
Saving Grace is simply the best comedy I've seen in a very long time. It doesn't surprise me at all it's a British film. As with those horrible US "comedies" of the last two years or so, and the German comedies not much better actually, it is refreshing to see a film with so much heart and brains again.
You could see from its premise that this would be a very original movie, but it was really so much more. Brenda Blethyn, one of my favorites since Secrets & Lies, shines again, the supporting cast does no less. The scenery is simply gorgeous (and that I say as anything but a fan of the cold, rough climate and landscape of Cornwall...), the writing's spot-on, there's not a single gag in the movie that doesn't work; suffice it to say: the rest just falls into place.
Kudos to everyone involved. I can't wait to see more gems like that in this (so far) dull movie season 2000. 10 out of 10.