Greenfingers
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: July 27, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
13
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Big muscular guys pruning roses IS funny and charming. Read full review
75
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Clumsier hands could have planted this load of pungent sap and come up with sticky fingers. But the creators of this based-on-truth fable carefully cultivate the material so it comes off fresher than it sounds. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Only occasionally does the film fall into the trap of making the prisoners cute, but it never falters in important ways. Read full review
70
New Times (L.A.)Jean Oppenheimer
Proves a lovely, sweet alternative for audiences fed up with the latest hell-on-wheels action thriller or the newest horror film comedy spoof. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
Entertaining and heartwarming -- especially when Mirren sweeps into scenes with acid observations that fail to disguise a heart of gold. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
This is not challenging filmmaking by any means, more like a comfortable old slipper. But it's a perennial that's guaranteed to please. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
It's pleasant, mildly uplifting entertainment, one of the few recent movies to use plants as its muse. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Ingratiating trifle. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It's hard not to be charmed by scenes like the one in which Briggs gives his posies a little pep talk, assuring them that just because they sprouted behind prison walls doesn't mean they can't compete with those hoity-toity flowers at Hampton Court. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneLoren King
Unambitious and transparent, but that doesn't mean it won't warm the hearts of audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Between Owen's quiet intensity and Mirren's showy color, they make a complementary pair for screen or garden. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
Owen and Mirren are fun to watch, but the film, despite the many shots of gardens in full bloom, lacks visual distinction. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeElizabeth Barchas
Plants the seeds of comedy that grow into a mild feel-good flick, but it won't reap much viewer satisfaction. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Amusing enough to watch and passes the time, but it's the kind of movie you're content to wait for on your friendly indie cable channel. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The latest in a line of quirky, feel-good British comedies, Greenfingers fits right into the breezily entertaining mold but doesn't expand it.
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It's too quick, too pat. Read full review
50
SalonCharles Taylor
Certainly pleasant enough, and if you can put the preachiness out of mind it's entertaining, in its square, conventional way. Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
Watching this movie go through its simplistic dramatic motions, you begin to understand why some actors stick to summer stock and live Ibsen revivals.
40
The New York TimesDave Kehr
The film is as synthetic as a rubber rose, but it is all but indistinguishable from the organically grown, bred-in-Britain article. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Relentlessly smarmy and contrived, and its pitch for the cause of prisoner rehabilitation preachy and heavy-handed. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
If your allergy to comedies bred from British style mugging crossed with Disney style prancing has, like mine, flared up in recent years, this hybrid from writer director Joel Hershman (''Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me'') will make you wheeze. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis Harvey
This shameless knockoff marches lock-stepped through moves that were already looking as tired as the Macarena. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderReece Pendleton
Where "The Full Monty" earned its laughs with rich characterizations and a biting take on economic hardship, Greenfingers is content to trot out predictable stereotypes, adding a romantic subplot as filler. Read full review
20
Washington PostRita Kempley
Ought to have been called "The Sap Also Rises." Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
And then there's the overacting. And then there's the hamminess of the script. And then there's Read full review
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