bobbobwhite Cute little fun movie, but unrealistic about prison life. Guess they had to sweeten it up and not have it as gritty as it really is so regular folks could watch it without getting too upset to see it through. Nice to see anything, however, that shows greater human potential, even in an such an unlikely place as a prison.In a nutshell, prisoners turned gardeners are allowed to enter a snooty English(oxymoron?)garden show and guess what? They win, no surprise there(it's Rocky, remember?).The Rocky concept we see in so many movies we love to hate was here in force but was overcome somewhat by a great cast, especially Clive Owen as the main gardener and main squeeze and Helen Mirren, who was terrific as the English gardening maven who gave it all a chance to be greatness. She was terrific.And, as usual in all Rocky-type films, the little guys won out in the end, but also won out in another way...they became real human beings again and knew they had done something very special(even before they met the queen!). One of them even got the pretty girl.

brad drac I am not an overly cynical person. I do believe redemption is possible. I even like puppies. I do not, however, like being manipulated. And I certainly don't like people trying to do so as blatantly as in this film. The film has been adequately synopsised elsewhere, so I won't go into plot details, but thinking back(and it was only about an hour ago), I can't think of a single hight point of it all. There were two dimensional characters, uninspired dialogue and one of the most awe inspiringly unoriginal story I have probably ever seen(I know it's based on a true story, but I seriously doubt how it actually happened was anything like this). The cinematography was little better than a gardening magazine, and sloppy editing marred whatever measly remnants remained. Oh, and they also left one plot strand not even remotely finished(with the young lad who banged up the tea lady, did the actor quit halfway?). So basically, don't like this film much. Perhaps I am being too hard on it. Perhaps there is something to be learned in it's butt-thrusting simplicity. All I know is I really don't like this saccharine encrusted film, and that's all that I really have to go on here. Avoid this film. Go watch 101 Reykjavik. Remember what emotion is like.

clayEWI as romantic comedies go, you can basically have the American versions. This film is charming, funny and romantic. It's an ideal date movie. There are ten to one laughs in this film as any formulaic American romantic comedy.I highly recommend this film.

cowbeech How did the director/writer land this job? It is difficult to understand how such a promising cast of leads - and a very intriguing plot - could have been mashed into such a disappointing and tedious waste of talent. I want my money back.