The Grand Seduction (2014)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Redundant and unnecessary.

One of my all time favorites.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This is a remake of the French Canadian film Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003), original title La grande seduction, directed by Jean-Francoise Pouliot, filmed in New Brunswick. The current film is set in the fictional fishing village of Tickle Head on the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The film's opening details 'the way it used to be', with hard work, enough rewards, and life with a purpose. Then the movie jumps to the present, where all the able-bodied men are on welfare from the government. The sense of purpose, at least, has been lost. Our protagonist, Murray, has been collecting welfare checks and losing self-esteem for some time. The mayor has a tentative deal with an oil sludge reclamation company, which will go forward provided the town has a resident physician. The mayor takes a job in Toronto; by arranged chance, he intercepts a physician, Paul Lewis, and blackmails him into coming to Tickle Head for a month. While Paul is on the way, Murray and company spruce up the town to give Paul a good impression. The lies do not end there, not by any means. Will their plan actually work?--------- Some of the bits are funny, such as the locals trying to learn cricket post haste. The principal actors gave good performances. The sentiment at the end was carried off fairly well. 6/10

I came upon this movie, the Grand Seduction by pure accident, as I have not intended to see this movie. But I am glad I have gotten a chance, because it's a small Canadian film that is quite endearing and it's really funny. I care for the characters and their plight and the sense of humor is a sweet one, luckily nothing too vulgar or obnoxious. This movie has that small-town feel that I love seeing from time to time in the movies. This film is about a dying Canadian town that lives on the waterfront. In order to keep the town alive and bring new jobs into this fishing village, acting mayor Murray must pull out all stops to bring in a doctor. When Dr. Lewis comes to town, Murray and all the residents try to keep him permanently in town....and that includes some big lies. The acting is very good. I liked Brendan Gleeson as Murray and he shows a comedic side to himself and it's nice to see him let loose as well as play the fiddle. After a commercially disastrous 2012, it's nice to see Taylor Kitsch back on the big screen with The Lone Survivor and now this film. He does a solid job and is also quite funny. Overall, The Grand Seduction is the little film that could. I came upon it by accident, and I am glad I did. It's a funny, touching film about people trying to save their hometowns. I just loved how this hockey- loving nation tried to play cricket to impress the doctor. I really just couldn't stop laughing. One of the many fine moments this movie featured. My Grade: A

It's the small habour (not village) of Tickle Head, Newfoundland, Canada. Murray French (Brendan Gleeson) remembers the days when his proud father worked hard to fish cod. The pride is gone now and everybody lines up to receive their welfare. To add to the indignity, Murray's wife gets a job in the big city. The town is bidding for a petrochemical plant but they need a full-time doctor. Dr. Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) gets caught with some cocaine at the airport and the town's former mayor blackmails him to work in Tickle Head for a month. The town conspires to seduce Lewis with lies, cricket, fishing and Murray even tries to push Kathleen (Liane Balaban) to flirt. Then it gets more complicated when the oil executive implies that he needs a $100k bribe.This is a sweet little movie. The place looks nice. Brendan Gleeson is especially great. Taylor Kitsch and Liane Balaban are nice. Everything and everyone is nice and charming. There are a few good laughs but only a few. The romance could have been better. Gleeson and gang are able to keep the little charmer on track.

Just a few comments: I may have missed it, but I swear I didn't hear the word "Newfoundland" (or Canada?) once in the whole film. The constant references to Newfoundland in the reviews etc., couldn't have come from anyone but Canadians: geography-deprived US audiences could have easily mistaken the setting for coastal Maine or New Brunswick, England, Ireland, Scotland or wherever. In a similar vein, keep in mind that the accents of Newfies, Irish, cockneys, Scots and Aussies are all just one big blurry brogue to the average US movie and TV viewer-- just "funny English accents". And therefore, not really geography-specific.Also, I would have thought that Pinsent and company would have corrected Gleeson's US-style pronunciations at times, such as his use of the word "prawject" for "project" (Canadians universally say "proh-ject"). Also, in references to the "town" of "SAINT Johns" it should have been pronounced "S'n' JOHNS" (emphasis on "Johns") not to be mistaken for the "town" of SAINT John in New Brunswick (emphasis on "SAINT").But a fine movie. A little more geographic specificity, and more attention to language issues for our US audiences would have been nice. Good for sales, too.BB