Saving Grace
Fine Line Features | Release Date: August 4, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Dallas ObserverBill Gallo
In short, Just Say Yes. Read full review
88
New York PostLou Lumenick
A real high in a season filled with unfunny comedies. Read full review
80
Film.comPeter Brunette
Has a charm that keeps you involved throughout. Read full review
80
SalonStephanie Zacharek
It's a breezy and entertaining little charmer. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Solid formula comedy. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
It's a fresh installment in what appears to be a self-perpetuating sitcom of British life. Read full review
80
VarietyJoe Leydon
Harvests a bumper crop of laughs. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
It makes you giggle. That's the dark, dirty secret. You giggle. You giggle again. Read full review
75
USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]
Though not quite up to "The Full Monty" or "Waking Ned Devine," there's just enough left in that overseas whimsy stockpile to generate good buzz (the word-of-mouth moviegoer kind). Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Has that same air of silly innocence, a rarity in today's movies. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunRon Dicker
It has enough humanity to let the humor tickle, and a subject that will evoke memories for anyone who has ever smoked a joint or just said no. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
A comedy of the old school. Depending on your view of the current state of screen humor, that's either a promise or a warning. Read full review
75
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
After an uproarious first half, Saving Grace arrives at its conclusion somewhat hastily and conveniently. Read full review
70
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Constipated English whimsy for the easily tickled. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Thoroughly dotty and surprisingly endearing. Read full review
70
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Blethyn's solid-gold charm turns Saving Grace into a comic high.
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Blethyn glides through the proceedings elegantly, a comic swan among ducks. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
It's funny and charming most of the time, thanks to Brenda Blethyn. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Whimsy and wit are the saving graces of much British movie comedy, and Saving Grace has a decent measure of both. Read full review
60
TimeRichard Schickel
Grace is not as tightly wound as the best of its breed, but it is a genial way to pass the time. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
That they're English and elderly apparently makes their antics screamingly funny to people who would turn up their noses at similar humor in a film like "Scary Movie." Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Never quite rises above its one-joke situation. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Wrings laughs from the antics of affable, eccentric villagers who cheerily break the law. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
A sweet, loopy British comedy filled with good actors and funny moments. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Determined to be inoffensively tidy and cute above all else. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Blethyn's lively acting and some visually amusing moments lend spice to this minor but engaging comedy. Read full review
50
Film.comErnest Hardy
Coy, cutesy, sentimental, and shamelessly manipulative. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
We're left with a promising idea for a comedy, which arrives at some laughs but never finds its destination. Read full review
40
SlateDavid Edelstein
I've shot people for less. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
A real audience pleaser. Read full review
40
TNT RoughCutSusannah Breslin
Better in the end to skip it, and make Mother go it alone. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It tries to get by on charm. It doesn't. Read full review
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