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Moviola > Films > Grow Your OwnGrow Your Own (PG) 95 minsOriginally conceived as a documentary about a scheme in Liverpool, which gave asylum seekers a plot of land as part and parcel of treating them for trauma, Grow Your Own is a fictional account of two refugee families who are given allotments by social workers. Initially the locals are both suspicious and indignant, muttering about falling standards and immigrant invasions, and the script by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Millions) transforms the allotment into a metaphor for England, with the gardeners' meetings becoming a parody of government. Eventually, of course, locals and immigrants find that their shared love of gardening is stronger than their racial differences, and kindliness and community spirit win out over prejudice and bigotry. "Some sprightly writing throughout, married with effortlessly naturalistic performances." The Times
Last modified: 20-Jun-2008 |
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"Wow! A genuinely funny and moving film that lingered in my head for days. Probably the most unsexy list of ingredients to make a movie from - gardening, immigration, telephone masts - but it links all these plots with an amazing cast of characters who it is impossible not to care for. Rather than laying the politics of immigration on with a trowel the writing and directing insinuate it throughout the stories. A great piece of British Indie Cinema - it left me with that feeling you get after an impromptu warm summer evening sitting outside the pub." Anonymous Internet Reviewer