Product Details

• Actors: Tom Conti, Helen Mirren, David Hayman, Brian Pettifer, Jennifer Black
• Directors: Charles Gormley
• Writers: Charles Gormley
• Producers: Ann Skinner, Clive Reed, Michael Relph
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: May 14, 1987
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301801393
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,814 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Very clean case, VHS have very clear picture and sound

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful, gentle comedy, January 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Gospel According to Vic [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One video reviewer listed this as a "very minor comedy..." How sad that small, gentle and subtle movies such as this are so easiy dismissed. This movie has a charm and wit which is sadly lacking in the larger, blockbuster movies. Tom Conti and Helen Mirren know just how to play their characters who are complex, intelligent and confused. Their ability to show love for their profession as teachers and for their charming Scottish school children is beautifully understated. I loved this movie and I have watched it over and over.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gentle and bright, March 15, 2005

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gospel According to Vic [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A wonderful little gem of a movie. Tom Conti plays a remedial reading teacher in a catholic school; everyone (except Conti) is trying to get the Vatican to recognize the founder of the school as a saint. One day Conti faints and tests indicate he has a brain tumor; later he tumbles from the roof of a building and the tumor disappears. Soon his record player begins playing when the electric is off, red lights turn green when he approaches, and "miracle fever" hits the school and community. Conti tries to scoff it all off, declaring that the "miracles" are the everyday advancements, minute as they are, that his students make learning how to read. The movie is utterly charming and immensely entertaining in a quiet way. Conti is excellent. Very, very enjoyable.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tender Comedy, October 20, 2003

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Mary Miner "mbminer" (Boxford, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gospel According to Vic [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Very nice gentle comedy about miracles that leaves you wanting to see everything Tom Conti has ever been in. "Saving Grace" and "Miracles" have a similar feel to them. I liked this as I watched it, and it's grown on me since.