To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary.To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary.To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations
Percy Hynes White
- Young Murray
- (as Percy Hynes-White)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs with his previous films Cold Mountain (2003) and Michael Collins (1996), this film shows actor Brendan Gleeson genuine fiddle playing skills.
- Quotes
Dr. Lewis: So, uh, I been drinkin'.
Kathleen: That's exactly what a girl wants to hear when a stranger knocks on her door in the middle of the night.
Dr. Lewis: Well, I... I asked where you lived. So, I just... I just wanted to apologize.
Kathleen: At ten o'clock?
Dr. Lewis: What, is there some kind of curfew here for apologies?
- ConnectionsReferences Entertainment Tonight (1981)
- SoundtracksPolly Moore
Written by Emilia Bartellas, Matthew Byrne, Aaron Collis, Rich Klass, Tom Power
Performed by The Dardanelles
Featured review
Tickle Head, a harbour in Newfoundland, has 125 souls who live mostly off welfare cheques now that the cod is gone. After his wife and even the mayor leave for work in St John's, Murray (Brendan Gleeson) thinks up a grand scheme to seduce a doctor to come live in the village. An oil company is looking to build a high-tech plant in the area, but one of the requirements is that the town have a doctor. To get the plant, they also have to get more people and get the cash together for a bribe.
They force young Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) to come to the village and then try their hardest to please him so that he'll stay. However, it turns out the doctor is into jazz and cricket, cannot fish at all, and has a fiancée back home. Will their plan work?
This movie worked for me for a number of reasons. Gleeson holds the movie together with a superb performance. The scenery (filmed in Trinity) is gorgeous. The same could be said for Taylor Kitsch, who exudes magnetism and amiability in every scene. He can obviously act but I suspect he was just playing himself in this movie.
Inevitably much of the gentle and sometimes ribald humour revolves around the eccentric characteristics of the rural villagers. I don't know how accurate the bumbling Newfie hick thing is, but Gordon Pinsent and the rest played it to the hilt.
The movie went too far a few times but regardless I enjoyed it. It's worth about 7.5 but I'll round it up. It's nice to see a non-Hollywood movie like this for a change.
They force young Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) to come to the village and then try their hardest to please him so that he'll stay. However, it turns out the doctor is into jazz and cricket, cannot fish at all, and has a fiancée back home. Will their plan work?
This movie worked for me for a number of reasons. Gleeson holds the movie together with a superb performance. The scenery (filmed in Trinity) is gorgeous. The same could be said for Taylor Kitsch, who exudes magnetism and amiability in every scene. He can obviously act but I suspect he was just playing himself in this movie.
Inevitably much of the gentle and sometimes ribald humour revolves around the eccentric characteristics of the rural villagers. I don't know how accurate the bumbling Newfie hick thing is, but Gordon Pinsent and the rest played it to the hilt.
The movie went too far a few times but regardless I enjoyed it. It's worth about 7.5 but I'll round it up. It's nice to see a non-Hollywood movie like this for a change.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Грандіозне зваблення
- Filming locations
- Trinity Bight, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada(Trinity Bay, Newfoundland)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,700,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,430,018
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $41,433
- May 25, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $4,292,517
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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