Just perfect...

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The people of a small town lost somewhere in Canada need to hire a Doctor in order to get a contract for the building of a factory. In the town there are only old fishermen that do not fish anymore, so it's so important for them to get that contract."La Grande..." it's a such a pleasant movie, it's tender and full of good vibrations. A comedy about eternal values that's been filmed with such good taste.Those who liked the TV series "Northern Expossure" will sure enjoy this one.*My rate: 7/10

When the fishes finished in the small fishing village of St. Marie-La-Mauderne eight years ago, the pride and joy of the place ended. The unemployed fishermen have been financially supported by the government welfare checks for two weeks and have been living with shame for the month. When a company raises the possibility of building a small factory in the village, the dwellers need only a full-time doctor living in the community to make the dream come true. But they do not find any doctor that want to move to St. Marie-La-Mauderne. When the thirty-three years old Montreal's doctor Christopher Lewis (David Boutin) has an incident in a highway, the former Mayor of St. Marie and presently highway patrolman forces him to stay in the village for a month. Meanwhile, the locals under the leadership of Germain Lesage (Raymond Bouchard) bug his telephone and plot a scheme to convince him to sign a five years contract with the village."La Grande Séduction" was a great surprise for me: I saw this DVD on sale and after checking IMDb User Rating of 7.4/10 (1,208 votes), I decided to buy it. I found an extremely delightful dramatic comedy, funny most of the time, but with a profound message about a contemporary worldwide problem: the unemployment. If you reader, wants to see a refreshing and awarded comedy, winner of fourteen awards and with eleven nominations, try "La Grande Séduction", and you may have also a good surprise and love it. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "A Grande Sedução" ("The Great Seduction")

topline, this is a movie that reminds you that good storytelling and good screen writing can still exist outside the all too cynical Hollywood system.other comments on this movie describe plot, and failings, more than I have time to write, but if you want to see something that will refresh your view of the resilience of the human spirit and make you smile, you should watch this movie.nb - you don't have to live in a small town to appreciate the context, but it certainly helps. the movie captures the sense of community that is unique to small towns where everyone knows everyone else's business. I was impressed by how the writer links an ensemble of characters through a deft delineation of complex, rich relationships established in quick strokes of understood history.in writing terms, the lack of exposition is great, and refreshing for its avoidance of painting characters in black and white only. and for anyone who has left their small-town life for the bright lights of the big city, it is a reminder of some of the best parts of what we left behind.

This is one of those films which reminds viewers that the medium can be smart and very, very funny at the same time. Even better, La Grande Seduction manages to make an audience laugh throughout its length without constantly resorting to the tired bathroom, sex or slapstick humour employed in so many other films. Like the most predictable humour found in modern sitcoms, the laughs are derived from deception in one form or another. Still, the over-the-top means employed and the end itself - convincing a city doctor to reside in a physician-free outport - allows any viewer to simply enjoy what unfolds, and relish both the obvious and the obtuse.I had the pleasure of watching the movie with my in-laws, and can attest that the guffaws span all ages and can break through any language barrier. Hands down, it was the funniest movie any of us had seen in a number of years. Highly recommended.-----------------------The irony of the situation was that we purchased the DVD just for the purpose of seeing the scenery. La Grande Seduction was shot in Harrington Harbor, an island outport on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which my wife and I had visited earlier this summer. The lovely village connected only by boardwalks and dominated by pedestrians and ATVs instead of cars is surrounded by the wonderful geography typical of the St. Lawrence Basse-Cote-Nord (Lower North Shore). Unsurprisingly, the real but unique location, still a working fishing village, does not have problems attracting doctors or anyone else. The painful part is not being able to stay longer.