Saving Grace (2000)
66%RT Audience Score: 55%
Awards & Nominations: NA
The plot and basis for jokes are slight, but Saving Grace is indeed saved by some charming performances, most notably Brenda Blethyn’s
Saving Grace is a movie that’s as charming as Brenda Blethyn’s smile. Critics may say it’s shapeless and mediocre, but they’re just being grumpy. This movie has everything you need for a good time: a lovely Cornish setting, a hilarious plot, and a whole lot of weed. Yes, you read that right. Saving Grace is a stoner comedy that will make you laugh until you cry. It’s like Cheech and Chong meets Downton Abbey. So grab some popcorn, roll a joint (if that’s your thing), and get ready for a wild ride. Saving Grace is the feel-good movie of the year.
Production Company(ies)
Icon Entertainment International, The Ladd Company, B. H. Finance C.V.
Distributor
New Line Home Video [us], Fine Line Features
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
Year of Release
2000
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Stereo
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Aspect ratio:1.78 : 1
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Runtime:1h 34m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 2000 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 26, 2003
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
starring Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tchéky Karyo, Jamie Foreman, Bill Bailey, directed by Nigel Cole, written by Craig Ferguson, Mark Crowdy, Mark Crowdy, comedy, R-rated, Saving Grace, box office gross $12.1M, New Line Home Video [us], Fine Line Features, reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum, Edward Lawrenson, Liam Lacey, Peter Travers, Jay Carr, Michael Wilmington, Jim Lane, Frank Swietek, Robin Clifford, Jim Shelby, Brian Mckay, John R McEwen, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround, Scope (2.35:1), Grace Trevethen, Cornwall Coast, debt, marijuana-growing, creditors, repossessors, bankruptcy, financial irregularities, manor, suffocating mountain of debt, illicit plant, charming performances, Brenda Blethyn’s performance, comedy, romance, female-driven, British comedy, stoner comedy, drug content, English language
Worldwide gross: $26,330,482
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: $12,178,602
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
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US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Craig Ferguson – Matthew
Martin Clunes – Dr. Bamford
Tchéky Karyo – Jacques Chevalier
Jamie Foreman – China MacFarlane
Bill Bailey – Vince
Director(s)
Nigel Cole
Writer(s)
Craig Ferguson, Mark Crowdy, Mark Crowdy
Producer(s)
NA
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (89) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (56) | Rotten (33)
September 7, 2011 | Rating: C+
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
In trying too hard to convince us what good eggs his characters are, Cole creates a shapeless, dramatically unengaging movie.
December 2, 2002
Edward Lawrenson
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
Saving Grace has a lovely Cornish setting and Blethyn to recommend it, but mostly it’s a contact mediocre.
March 22, 2002 | Rating: 2.5/4
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
TOP CRITIC
Blethyn’s solid-gold charm turns Saving Grace into a comic high.
May 10, 2001 | Rating: 3.5/5
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
It’s funny and charming most of the time, thanks to Brenda Blethyn.
January 1, 2000
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
It has two great British landmarks: champion actress Brenda Blethyn and that wonderful rugged Cornwall coast. All that’s enough for a temporary high.
January 1, 2000
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
August 7, 2008 | Rating: 3/5
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
A pleasant little comedy with the soul of one of those old, much loved Ealing pictures of the forties and fifties but overlayed with a coating of Hollywood glitz.
December 6, 2005 | Rating: B-
Frank Swietek
One Guy’s Opinion
April 9, 2005 | Rating: C
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 1/4
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly
Grossly overestimates the effects of Marijuana so that it can get the cheap laughs. But it is genuinely and consistently funny
March 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
February 8, 2003 | Rating: 4.5/5
John R. McEwen
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Plot
An angel offers a jaded Oklahoma City police detective the chance to redeem her life.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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