Saving Grace

2000
R
1h 33m

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A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.

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6.9/10

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 wins & 9 nominations total

Trivia
Some of the marijuana plants used in the shooting were real. The British government gave permission to the filming crew the use of 150 marijuana plants, under supervision of the authorities. This meant that the plants had someone guarding them on the set, and watching over its transportation to a nearby storage facility for its safekeeping at night.

Goofs
When Matthew is climbing up the ladder and Grace speaks to him out of her window, his left hand is alternately on/off the rung between shots.

Quotes
Jacques Chevalier: All the people I deal with are scum. I'm a little scummy myself. You are not scum. That worries me.
Grace Trevethyn: I take exception to that. I come from a long line of scum. My dear late husband was one of the scummiest men to walk the face of this earth.
Jacques Chevalier: My apologies.

Crazy credits
In the opening credits, the movie title appears and then turns to smoke & blows away while you hear someone exhale.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Hollow Man/The Original Kings of Comedy/Saving Grace/Coyote Ugly/The Tao of Steve (2000)

Soundtracks
Take a Picture
Written by Jennifer Kimball and Rick Giles
Performed by Filter

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10/10

What British film making is all about . . .

Great actors, an oscar nominee actress, stunning scenery, good strong story line and more laughs than you can fit into my new handbag (and thats quite big). This film was brilliant. It was beautifully acted in the more serious scenes and the funny moments were . .well, side splitting. I have never heard a cinema audience laugh so much, and tears were streaming down my cheeks during the 'stoned ladies in the tea shop' scene. Well done to the British film industry and to Craig Ferguson whose magic ingredients have made sure this is one of my favourite films of the year, if not of all time.