Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
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.
Saving Grace is a charming British comedy with a likeable premise — a respectable widow turns to cannabis cultivation to escape debt — set against picturesque Cornish scenery. The plot is pleasantly executed but fairly formulaic in its fish-out-of-water structure, hitting predictable beats. Acting is solid and warm, particularly Brenda Fricker and Craig Ferguson, though nothing transformative. The Cornish countryside is attractively shot but cinematography is competent TV-movie level rather than distinctive. The film has a modest novelty: the setting and gentle British tone give it personality, but the concept is not wildly original. The ending wraps up a little too conveniently and loses momentum, undercutting some of the tension built earlier.