Big muscular guys pruning roses IS funny and charming.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
Clumsier hands could have planted this load of pungent sap and come up with sticky fingers. But the creators of this based-on-truth fable carefully cultivate the material so it comes off fresher than it sounds.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Amy Taubin
Owen and Mirren are fun to watch, but the film, despite the many shots of gardens in full bloom, lacks visual distinction.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Elizabeth Barchas
Plants the seeds of comedy that grow into a mild feel-good flick, but it won't reap much viewer satisfaction.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
Certainly pleasant enough, and if you can put the preachiness out of mind it's entertaining, in its square, conventional way.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Amusing enough to watch and passes the time, but it's the kind of movie you're content to wait for on your friendly indie cable channel.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Between Owen's quiet intensity and Mirren's showy color, they make a complementary pair for screen or garden.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Relentlessly smarmy and contrived, and its pitch for the cause of prisoner rehabilitation preachy and heavy-handed.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dave Kehr
The film is as synthetic as a rubber rose, but it is all but indistinguishable from the organically grown, bred-in-Britain article.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
If your allergy to comedies bred from British style mugging crossed with Disney style prancing has, like mine, flared up in recent years, this hybrid from writer director Joel Hershman (''Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me'') will make you wheeze.Read Full Review »
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