Grand Seduction
It's graceful and sweet and wise where it counts, and often brilliantly acted, and it made me laugh.
The Grand Seduction
A small fishing village must secure a lucrative business contract to escape a financial slump. Their odds are slim as a town doctor is needed to land the contract and they’ve been searching for years. After the mayor skips town, resident Murray French (Brendan Gleeson) takes it uon himself to find his village a doctor.
When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) lands in their laps, the townsfolk rally together to seduce him into staying beyond his one month trial. The ever creative Murray deploys varying ranges of subterfuge. He taps Paul’s phone, fabricates a love interest, and forces the entire village to learn how to play cricket, Paul’s favorite sport.
As the month passes, Paul’s fondness for the village grows, but he’s clueless that everything he loves is an elaborate scheme. With the decision for the contract looming, Murray’s grand seduction faces collapse from both guilt and revelation, potentially crushing both the dreams of the small village and the hope of a young doctor.
When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) lands in their laps, the townsfolk rally together to seduce him into staying beyond his one month trial. The ever creative Murray deploys varying ranges of subterfuge. He taps Paul’s phone, fabricates a love interest, and forces the entire village to learn how to play cricket, Paul’s favorite sport.
As the month passes, Paul’s fondness for the village grows, but he’s clueless that everything he loves is an elaborate scheme. With the decision for the contract looming, Murray’s grand seduction faces collapse from both guilt and revelation, potentially crushing both the dreams of the small village and the hope of a young doctor.
Genre
Comedy
Web Site
Runtime
115
Language
English
Director
Don McKellar
Cast
Brendan Gleeson,
Taylor Kitsch,
Pinsent Taylor
FEATURED REVIEW
James Rocchi, About.com
A re-make of the French-Canadian comedy Seducing Doctor Lewis, The Grand Seduction offers silky-smooth comedy and great characters, as well as both heart and art working together for a con-game/romance/comedy that works like a charm. This is, to be sure, a small indie film even with the presence of ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 6.06.14 - 6.12.14
Lumiere Music Hall 6.13.14 - 6.26.14
Town Center 5 6.13.14 - 6.26.14
Claremont 5 6.14.14 - 7.06.14
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