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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Turner Home Ent
Salesrank: 5168
Released: December 7, 1999 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A WOMAN JUST OUT OF JAIL MAKES A NEW LIFE IN A SMALL MAINE TOWN. SPECIAL FEATURE: THEATRICAL TRAILER. SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH.
Description of The Spitfire Grill:
This well-acted drama won the Audience award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, causing a festival ruckus when several distributors entered a bidding war in response to the movie's positive buzz. When the movie was finally released, audience and critical response provided a sudden reality check: the movie's good to a point, but hardly worth the fuss it received at Sundance. Packing a miniseries' worth of melodrama into 117 minutes, the story centers on a young woman named Percy (Alison Elliott) who served prison time for manslaughter and arrives in a small town in Maine with hopes of beginning a new life. She works as a waitress in the Spitfire Grill, owned by Hannah (Ellen Burstyn), whose gruff exterior conceals a kind heart and precious little tolerance for the grill's regular customers, who cast their suspicions on Percy's mysterious past. The plot unfolds when Hannah holds a $100-per-entry essay contest to find a new owner for the grill. There's ample mystery surrounding the collected money, a local hermit who's really Hannah's shell-shocked Vietnam veteran son, and circumstances that lead the locals to adopt a lynch-mob mentality at Percy's expense. By the time Percy is nearly drowning in a raging river, The Spitfire Grill has taken its melodrama a few steps 'round the bend. Fine acting is the movie's saving grace, however, and newcomer Alison Elliott anchors The Spitfire Grill with a subtle, emotionally involving performance. Thanks to Elliott and Burstyn, you don't have to feel too guilty if you find yourself reaching for a Kleenex as the closing credits roll. --Jeff Shannon
The Spitfire Grill Reviews:
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2009-11-01 - I think I have watched this movie 50 times since getting it. Its a wonderful movie with some really tallented actors. It was $20 at the local Walmart, I am glad i was able to get a good deal on it :)
I think you have missed something here..... 
2009-09-20 - I have not read all the reviews, but based on the one's I have, it looks like none have caught what this movie actually was. Like Billy Budd, this was not a tale of redemption (though it could be seen as that). It was the tale of Jesus. She was doubted and crucified(shot), she saved the world (town) and she rose from the dead (the new girl with a living child). She also raised the dead (EB's son), forgave those who tresspassed against her (the husband of her friend), was falsely accused,
healed the sick (finding that the trees provide a cure for cancer).
Love the film - though I do not fall for the message - but if you did not spot that, I suggest you watch it again......
This will become a classic, it has meaning and is well done
2009-09-17 - This movie would be beloved by a person of faith, but you needn't be that person to find meaning in this movie. Like many movies that stand the test of time, there is wonderful character development. You feel understanding and compassion for the heroes, and the villians. Most important, you remember the importance of relationships for healing. It is only when we confront the other, stay in there when it is difficult, can we be changed.
Ellen Burstyn
2009-09-15 - I thoroughly enjoy watching this movie. The quality of the movie was great but the
movie itself is a great watch.
Loved it
2009-08-11 - I love being able to find the older movies that I love and are not on the 'current' list. I am well pleased with this DVD. It came in prime, new, condition and arrived very quickly. Wonderful experience.
