Inspired by actual events, the story tells of a select group of long-term convicts who take up gardening at a progressive English penitentiary, and take it all the way to the annual Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Life-affirming, strong-arming underdog stuff; equally soft-hearted and soft-headed; as cutesy-wootsy and cozy-wozy as Waking Ned Devine and Saving Grace (though writer-director Joel Hershman is American). Clive Owen exhibits a fine poker face, but surely his work in Croupier merited a better reward. With David Kelly, Helen Mirren, Natasha Little. (2001) — Duncan Shepherd
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