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The Grand Seduction (2013)

Comedy | 113 minutes
3,32 233 votes

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 113 minuten

Country: Canada

Directed by: Don McKellar

Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch and Liane Balaban

IMDb score: 7,0 (20.146)

Releasedate: 30 May 2014

The Grand Seduction plot

"The small town of Tickle Cove needed a doctor. What they got was a miracle."

A new factory nearby is promised to residents of a small fishing village in Newfoundland, and they are desperately needed. A condition for this is that there is a doctor who will settle in the town full-time. The residents come up with a plan to persuade a doctor from the big city to come work for them in the village.

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Fisico (moderator films)

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Entertaining film about a picturesque cozy fishing village. A fun story where the unemployed community tries to convince a doctor to live with them so that a factory would settle in the town and create employment. Here and there are some plot holes in the story and the situation is a bit pulled by the hair. Sometimes also rather sloppy and quickly worked out, such as the moment the doctor finds out that he has been lied to. He was quite light about it..

Fine renditions of numerous caricatural characters, beautiful scenery and atmosphere creation. Nice pleasant humorous situations: especially the move from the cafe to the church and back will stay with me, I also liked the cricket, in short a good feel good movie. It is certainly not a rom-com although it could have gone in that direction if the local beauty had been elaborated (not that this was necessary for me).

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coumi

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Not bad, but was hoping for a little more. A feel good movie in which the human aspect should be central, but it could have been a little sharper, more charming and also funnier. Film is also a bit long at almost two hours, with some wrong choices in the narration, such as the unnecessary addition of the doctor's fiancé. We do know that he ends up with Balaban at the end, it would have been better if people had focused a bit more on that relationship. . There are some strong comedic moments, like the fake cricket game, which camouflage the fact that the big plan of the inhabitants, just like the forced happy ending , is totally unbelievable. So don't think too much about it, just go for it. Acting performances are ok, but all in all, The Grand Seduction isn't a movie you'll remember for years to come.

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Robi

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On a small island, the residents urgently need work. There may be prospects of a factory settling on the island. But then the island must have a doctor. And that doctor is nowhere to be found. When a potential temporary doctor finally shows up, the entire island does its best to accommodate that doctor as much as possible, so that he will feel at home and then maybe stay in the end. Maybe a bit naive, but a nice fact for a movie. And so is the movie. It all goes well and looks nice with occasionally very funny scenes. Not a super movie but it does leave you with a smile on your face. And that's fine.

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