The Grand Seduction

The Grand Seduction

Rating 6.5 out of 10

I saw this small Canadian made movie on my cycle trip across Canada while rained out in the Northern city of Sydney.  I had never heard of it and figure it may never play in America.  I  do like the main actors and it looked cute enough.  That's exactly what we got.  It's a a cute movie that is fairly well acted and kept me entertained.

The movie is about a once proud and bustling small fishing village in coastal Canada that has fallen on hard times.  Fishing is now gone and there is no real way of making a living.  Most of the young folks have fled to bigger cities while the older people have resulted in collecting welfare to stay alive.  When a big oil company wants to build a plant in their harbor that would bring many jobs to the community the one stipulation is they must have a local doctor.  The acting Mayor ( Brendan Gleeson- Mostly known as Mel Gibson's sidekick in my favorite movie Braveheart) sets out to find a doctor that will stay there.  When they have a big city hot shot doctor ( Pretty boy Canadian Taylor Kitsch)  fall in their laps the town sets out to convince him this is the place he wants to stay.  Even if it means taking up the game of Cricket and doing their best to make the town look better than it is.

The movie has a feel of the better movie Doc Hollywood but is still entertaining.  Some of the old character actors are likable and even tho the movie is predictable I think it's worth a rental at Red Box when it comes out.