A friend loaned me the video, "Saving Grace," which I was unable to watch but she recommended it so highly that I was glad I was able to successfully locate a DVD copy at my local library. I've watched this humorous, heartwarming DVD twice and must now return it to the library!
Brenda Blethyn stars as Grace Trevethen whose husband jumped out of a plane without a parachute. After the funeral Grace discovers she is destitute as she meets with her banker and her attorney and the bills and bill collectors start pouring in! Her husband, it seems, had mortgaged their large country home to invest in some unsuccessful business ventures.
While grieving, Grace also confronts the woman her husband had been having an affair with in London - an affair she was aware of because her husband gave her letters to mail to the mistress -- which for some reason never arrived.
Craig Ferguson is great as Grace's caretaker who is also in a bit of a financial bind when Grace can no longer pay him. Since Grace is a great gardener, he seeks her help to nurse some plants to life that he's been keeping hidden near the vicarage. It turns out they're marijuana plants and Grace is quite successful in nursing them back to health so they hatch a plan to help them both out financially -- growing and selling pot.
It's a story of small community support, creativity, and successful conclusions but you'll have to check it out to see for yourself. There's a great supporting staff that makes this movie fun to watch.
pazt
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