Saving Grace
Seen it?2000 | 93 min | Crime, Comedy
Sunday Safe BetWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Solid across the board without standing out anywhere. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved The Thin Man or The Guard, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 33 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect drug use.
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
64% on Rotten Tomatoes, 62 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsSolid
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe and 1 BAFTA.
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$26 million worldwide on a $10 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 88K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Nigel Cole
- Brenda BlethynGrace Trevethyn
- Craig FergusonMatthew Steward
- Martin ClunesDr. Martin Bamford
- Tchéky KaryoJacques Chevalier
- Jamie ForemanChina MacFarlane
- Bill BaileyVince
- Valerie EdmondNicky
- Tristan SturrockHarvey
- Leslie PhillipsVicar Gerald Perey
- Diana QuickHoney