
'Big News From Grand Rock' tells the story of Leonard Crane, the editor of The Grand Rock Weekly Ledger, a small town newspaper that's on the brink of bankruptcy. Desperate to save his paper, Leonard takes a drastic step: he starts making up stories, passing off the plots of old movies as local news. But things go from bad to worse when one of his stories attracts the attention of a big city reporter.... (Full plot summary below)
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'Big News From Grand Rock' tells the story of Leonard Crane, the editor of The Grand Rock Weekly Ledger, a small town newspaper that's on the brink of bankruptcy. Desperate to save his paper, Leonard takes a drastic step: he starts making up stories, passing off the plots of old movies as local news. But things go from bad to worse when one of his stories attracts the attention of a big city reporter.
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| Globe and MailBrad WheelerA straight-faced but screwball comedy that's a little dated - rotary-dial phones? - yet absolutely pleasing. |
| National PostChris KnightBig News is a first feature from Canadian writer/director Daniel Perlmutter, and while the plot has a slightly by-the-numbers feel, it gets a lot of mileage out of its kooky concept. |
| Toronto SunBruce KirklandBig News from Grand Rock is a fictional romp with a poignant core. |
| Toronto StarBruce DeMaraWriter/director Daniel Perlmutter presents a sweet little comedy satirizing life in a small town that is more likely to produce gentle smiles than laugh-out-loud guffaws. |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Brian GibsonAn overlong (even at 87 min.), ho-hum affair. The premise is fairly broad and remains fairly silly. It's not that Big News from Grand Rock lacks bigness or grandness--its problem is there's no new-ness or bite or grit to its merely amiable comedy. |