Product: Greenfingers [Region 2] (2002)
Rating: 5.0
Touching without becoming corny
Greenfingers is about a bunch of prisoners turned gardeners. As you might guess, it had the potential to become yet another cheesy, touchy-feely movie. Fortunately, thanks to some subtle script-writing, the final product is beautiful. The movie never goes too far in stereotyping any of the characters. Yes, there's a "big, bald prisoner who's really a softie at heart" character, but he never becomes "ridiculous" (well, maybe once or twice). The movie works so well because of how the characters themselves describe their "redemption." as realizing that they had the ability to create as well as take away life. I also thought the ending was quite clever, pulling on just the right emotional chords - although I won't spoil it here. Definitely recommended, especially if you need a little pick-me-up story.