Starring; Taylor Kitsch, Brendan Gleeson

I honestly was unaware that The Grand Seduction was a remake of Seducing Doctor Lewis until I actually found the film on Netflix. Of course, that has something to do with the unseen marketing campaign, and tiny theatrical release. I suppose it was because Taylor Kitsch turned out not to be as big of a movie star as everyone thought he would be.

In this movie, he’s charming and funny, and in no way believable as a doctor. Brendan Gleeson was better in Calvary, and even The Company You Keep. Honestly, pretty much everything he’s been he was better in. The movie is based around a small town that tries to woo a doctor into staying there so a factory will open up and bring the area some income and get families off of welfare.

We don’t need to remake everything. I don’t think Seducing Doctor Lewis needed a remake, it was fine the way it was.

FINAL GRADE: B-