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.
Acting
Brenda Blethyn's magnificent slow-burn from repressed to rebellious.
Cinematography
Cornwall so gorgeous you'll Google cottage rental prices.
Writing
Craig Ferguson's script balances absurdity with real heart.
Director
Nigel Cole
Brenda Blethyn
Grace Trevethyn
Craig Ferguson
Matthew Steward
Martin Clunes
Dr. Martin Bamford
Tchéky Karyo
Jacques Chevalier
Jamie Foreman
China MacFarlane
Bill Bailey
Vince
Valerie Edmond
Nicky
Tristan Sturrock
Harvey
Leslie Phillips
Vicar Gerald Perey
Diana Quick
Honey
Phyllida Law
Margaret Sutton
Linda Kerr Scott
Diana
Denise Coffey
Mrs. Hopkins
Paul Brooke
Charlie
Ken Campbell
Sgt. Alfred Masely
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Craig Ferguson co-wrote this while still hosting The Late Late Show, basing the Cornwall setting on his own childhood summers there.
Released right as Medical marijuana debates were heating up in the UK, the film's gentle treatment of cannabis 'crime' feels almost radical for its era of cozy British cinema.
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