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The Grand Seduction

  • 20132013
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 53m
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7.0/10
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Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch in The Grand Seduction (2013)
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.
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To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary.To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary.To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
18K
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  • Director
    • Don McKellar
  • Writers
    • Ken Scott(film "La Grande Séduction")
    • Michael Dowse
  • Stars
    • Taylor Kitsch
    • Brendan Gleeson
    • Liane Balaban
Top credits
  • Director
    • Don McKellar
  • Writers
    • Ken Scott(film "La Grande Séduction")
    • Michael Dowse
  • Stars
    • Taylor Kitsch
    • Brendan Gleeson
    • Liane Balaban
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    • 78User reviews
    • 91Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 7 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Taylor Kitsch
    Taylor Kitsch
    • Dr. Paul Lewis
    Brendan Gleeson
    Brendan Gleeson
    • Murray French
    Liane Balaban
    Liane Balaban
    • Kathleen
    Gordon Pinsent
    Gordon Pinsent
    • Simon
    Percy Hynes White
    Percy Hynes White
    • Young Murray
    • (as Percy Hynes-White)
    Sean Panting
    • Ernest French
    Crystal Dawn Parsons
    • Alice French
    Cathy Jones
    • Barbara French
    Mark Critch
    Mark Critch
    • Henry Tilley
    Lawrence Barry
    Lawrence Barry
    • Mayor Tom Fitzpatrick
    Megan Jones
    • Sheryl Fitzpatrick
    Kelsi Prince
    • Lizzie Fitzpatrick
    Janelle Hickey
    • Stewardess #1
    Natalia Henelly
    • Stewardess #2
    • (as Natalia Hennelly)
    John Sheehan
    • Custom Officer
    Terry Butler
    • Herbert
    Pete Soucy
    • Bob Mahoney
    Matt Watts
    • Frank Dalton
    • Director
      • Don McKellar
    • Writers
      • Ken Scott(film "La Grande Séduction")
      • Michael Dowse
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      As with his previous films Cold Mountain (2003) and Michael Collins (1996), this film shows actor Brendan Gleeson genuine fiddle playing skills.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Lewis: So, uh, I been drinkin'.

      Kathleen: That's exactly what a girl wants to hear when a stranger knocks on her door in the middle of the night.

      Dr. Lewis: Well, I... I asked where you lived. So, I just... I just wanted to apologize.

      Kathleen: At ten o'clock?

      Dr. Lewis: What, is there some kind of curfew here for apologies?

    • Connections
      References Entertainment Tonight (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Polly Moore
      Written by Emilia Bartellas, Matthew Byrne, Aaron Collis, Rich Klass, Tom Power

      Performed by The Dardanelles

    User reviews78

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Will Dr Lewis come to love Tickle Head?
    Tickle Head, a harbour in Newfoundland, has 125 souls who live mostly off welfare cheques now that the cod is gone. After his wife and even the mayor leave for work in St John's, Murray (Brendan Gleeson) thinks up a grand scheme to seduce a doctor to come live in the village. An oil company is looking to build a high-tech plant in the area, but one of the requirements is that the town have a doctor. To get the plant, they also have to get more people and get the cash together for a bribe.

    They force young Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) to come to the village and then try their hardest to please him so that he'll stay. However, it turns out the doctor is into jazz and cricket, cannot fish at all, and has a fiancée back home. Will their plan work?

    This movie worked for me for a number of reasons. Gleeson holds the movie together with a superb performance. The scenery (filmed in Trinity) is gorgeous. The same could be said for Taylor Kitsch, who exudes magnetism and amiability in every scene. He can obviously act but I suspect he was just playing himself in this movie.

    Inevitably much of the gentle and sometimes ribald humour revolves around the eccentric characteristics of the rural villagers. I don't know how accurate the bumbling Newfie hick thing is, but Gordon Pinsent and the rest played it to the hilt.

    The movie went too far a few times but regardless I enjoyed it. It's worth about 7.5 but I'll round it up. It's nice to see a non-Hollywood movie like this for a change.
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    • Jun 25, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 30, 2014 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Грандіозне зваблення
    • Filming locations
      • Trinity Bight, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Max Films Productions
      • Morag Loves Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $12,700,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,430,018
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $41,433
      • May 25, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,292,517
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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