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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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Reviews for The Spitfire Grill
Original in some ways but the same old plate of fried green tomatoes in others, this Sundance Festival favorite might rate wider acclaim for its two leads if the overall tone weren't so bloodless and even dreary.
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