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The grand seduction [#4244] [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 11147465Publication details: [United States] : Eone Films, 2014.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director, Don Mckellar.
Cast: Liane Balaban, Brendan Gleeson, Gordon Pinsent, Taylor Kitsch.Summary: 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.Review: "A fish-out-of-water fable set within a fabulously scenic backdrop, against which wholesome humor and a thoroughgoing humanist streak play out and intertwine with gentle, unforced ease."--Washington PostReview: "Ah, those wacky foreigners and their impossibly charming villages."--New York TimesReview: "The movie equivalent of a warm blanket."--Toronto Star
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Director, Don Mckellar.

Liane Balaban, Brendan Gleeson, Gordon Pinsent, Taylor Kitsch.

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.

"A fish-out-of-water fable set within a fabulously scenic backdrop, against which wholesome humor and a thoroughgoing humanist streak play out and intertwine with gentle, unforced ease."--Washington Post

"Ah, those wacky foreigners and their impossibly charming villages."--New York Times

"The movie equivalent of a warm blanket."--Toronto Star

MPAA rating: PG-13.

DVD.

English audio.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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