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The Spitfire Grill (1996)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:9

Rotten:16

Average Rating:5.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: After serving a five-year sentence for manslaughter, a young woman settles in a small Maine town and takes a job working for the feisty owner of the local grill. Forced to take on even more help... After serving a five-year sentence for manslaughter, a young woman settles in a small Maine town and takes a job working for the feisty owner of the local grill. Forced to take on even more help after an accident, the owner turns to her nephew's timid wife, and the three slowly develop an unlikely friendship which ultimately transforms the entire town. [More]

Starring: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton

Starring: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton, Gailard Sartain, Kieran Mulroney

Director: Lee David Zlotoff

Director: Lee David Zlotoff
Composer: James Horner
Screenwriter: Lee David Zlotoff
Producer: Marci Liroff, Forrest Murray, Edward Vaughan

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Dec 7, 1999

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Leonard Klady

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David Ansen

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2/5

Rob Gonsalves

Like High Plains Drifter as a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation.

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Derek Adams

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Emanuel Levy

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Michael Dequina

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Robin Clifford

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Frank Ochieng

Methodical and lyrical in its well-paced movement. A durable and devoted drama that is so unassuming in its execution

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Linda Cook

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Margaret A. McGurk

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Soul-satisfying movie about the spiritual process of turning pain into joy and bringing new life out of darkness.

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Edward Guthmann

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