The Grand Seduction

2013

Action / Comedy

19
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 66% · 68 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 20914 20.9K

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Plot summary

A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.

Director

Don McKellar Photo
Don McKellar

Top cast

Brendan Gleeson Photo
Brendan Gleeson as Murray French
Liane Balaban Photo
Liane Balaban as Kathleen
Peter Keleghan Photo
Peter Keleghan as Trip Anderson
Taylor Kitsch Photo
Taylor Kitsch as Dr. Paul Lewis
1080p.BluRay
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by patricia9754 8 / 10

Score one for Canada--The simple film is refreshing change from Hollywood

Reviewed by Hellmant 7 / 10

The sentimentality of the film is what doesn't feel cheesy!

'THE GRAND SEDUCTION': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five) Comedy flick about a small harbor community, in Newfoundland, who try to seduce a plastic surgeon, from a major Canadian city, into being their doctor. It's an English-speaking remake of the 2003 French-Canadian film 'LA GRANDE SEDUCTION' (which was set on the coast of Quebec). It was written by Michael Dowse and Ken Scott (the original movie's writer) and directed by Don McKellar. The film stars Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch (of 'JOHN CARTER', 'LONE SURVIVOR' and 'FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS' fame). I found the movie to be pretty silly at times but still funny and ultimately uplifting.The story begins with Murray French (Gleeson) telling (through voice-over narration) how Tickle Head used to be a town of proud fishermen. Now nearly everyone is unemployed and collects welfare. Murray, like the other men of the town, desperately wants Tickle Head to secure a deal which would allow a chemical plant to be built there; this factory would create enough jobs for everyone. In order to do so they must have a community doctor. When Dr. Christopher Lewis (Kitsch) is stopped at the St. John's airport, with cocaine, the former mayor of Tickle Head (who is now a flight security agent) makes him a deal; Dr. Lewis must spend a month in Tickle Head as their doctor. It's up to Murray, and the whole town, to convince him to stay longer; which requires a lot of lying and seduction.The movie isn't original at all; it reminds me of many other films, about small towns and trickery (most notably 'WAKING NED DEVINE'). A lot of the humor in it is pretty cheesy and some of the characters seem exaggerated. Still the movie does have a lot of character, and charm, and parts of it are pretty funny. The performances are great and, in the end, I really did care about the characters; the sentimentality of the film is what doesn't feel cheesy (unlike a lot of the jokes). That's why I liked it.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://youtu.be/ZEmam3XwQxw
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