Greenfingers

I avoided Danny Dyer for forty years of my life and then he's in two of my movies in two days. This is a pleasant film that doesn't reach any real heights but is enjoyable throughout. It's a lot like if The Count of Monte Cristo was about gardening instead of revenge. Helen Mirren doesn't have a lot to do, but she is in full charge of what she does do and as ever, is amazing at it. Clive Owens couldn't play a loud guy if he wanted to. Try to imagine him jittery. You can't can you?

This is an enjoyable film, with interesting characters and an uplifting feel to it. It made me think of the Stephen Merchant show Outlaws, with them all working on the gardening (even if their not initially convinced its a good idea), trying to do their bit to repay their debt to society and seeing the reaction of Georgina Woodhouse (nicely played by Helen Mirren), when she discovers the prisoners interest in taking part in the competition. Its somewhat cheesy and sentimental but I enjoyed it.

Fun movie.

nothing extraordinary, but this turned out to be a pretty touching story of redemption. being a prison movie, i figured that redemption would be mentioned eventually, but i loved how it came in such an unassuming manner. gardening is the last thing you'd expect a convict to do and it was cool to watch it change their entire demeanor. clive owen did a great job as usual and the entire cast proved to be very fun to watch.